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ArticleImmunoTargets and therapy2024

Mendelian Randomization Analysis of Circulating Cytokines and Risk of Autoimmune Neuroinflammatory Diseases.

Sha-Sha Tao, Fan Cao, Ruo-Di Zhang, Shu-Zhen Xu, Xiao-Xiao Li, Jian Tang, Xiao-Ke Yang, Hai-Feng Pan

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Article in ImmunoTargets and therapy, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Sha-Sha Tao *Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
Fan Cao *Department of Ophthalmology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
Ruo-Di Zhang *Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
Shu-Zhen XuDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
Xiao-Xiao LiDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
Jian TangDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
Xiao-Ke YangDepartment of Rheumatology and Immunology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
Hai-Feng PanDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0001-8218-5747

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Cytokines act a vital role in autoimmune neuroinflammatory diseases (ANDs) with undetermined causal relationships. Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis was performed to estimate the causal effects of circulating levels of cytokines on the risk of ANDs. Methods: The causal relationship between 34 circulating cytokines and 4 kinds of ANDs, including multiple sclerosis (MS), neuromyelitis optica (NOM), chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) and myasthenia gravis (MG) were explored using four methods of MR analysis. MR-PRESSO, MR-Egger regression methods and Cochran's Q statistic were utilized to identify the instrumental variables (IVs) with potential pleiotropy and heterogeneity. The Bonferroni correction was used for multiple group comparisons. Results: Negative causal effects of circulating levels of interleukin (IL)-8 (OR = 0.648, 95% CI: 0.494-0.851, Conclusion: The results identify a genetically predicted causal effect of IL-2Rα, IL-8 and CXCL-10 on MS, CCL-5 and SCGF-β on CIDP.

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ANDsautoimmune neuroinflammatory diseasescausal relationshipcytokinesMendelian randomization

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PMID38881648
PMCPMC11178096

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