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ArticleNature communications2025

Common genetic variation influencing the human lung imaging phenotypes.

Meng Zhu, Lingbin Du, Lei Shi, Chen Ji, Chen Zhu, Ci Song, Lili Wu, Lingying Zhu, Jing Lu, Qun Zhang and 18 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

28 authors.

Meng Zhu *Department of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China.
Lingbin Du *Department of Cancer Prevention, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou Institute of Medicine (HIM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Lei Shi *Department of Radiology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou Institute of Medicine (HIM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0031-2808
Chen Ji *Department of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China.
Chen Zhu *Department of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China.
Ci Song *Department of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China.
Lili WuDepartment of Cancer Prevention, Taizhou Cancer Hospital, Taizhou, China.
Lingying ZhuDepartment of Radiology, Taizhou Cancer Hospital, Taizhou, China.
Jing LuDepartment of Health Promotion Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Qun ZhangDepartment of Health Promotion Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Feiyun WuDepartment of Health Promotion Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Chen JinDepartment of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China.
Yuanlin MouDepartment of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China.
Qiao LiDepartment of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China.
Jiahao ZhangDepartment of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China.
Mingxuan ZhuDepartment of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China.
Jiaying CaiDepartment of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China.
Caochen ZhangDepartment of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China.
Yating FuDepartment of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China.
Linnan GongDepartment of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China.
Dong HangDepartment of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6944-0459
Juncheng DaiDepartment of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3909-5671
Yue JiangDepartment of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China.
Guangfu JinDepartment of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0249-5337
Zhibin HuDepartment of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8277-5234
Hongxia MaDepartment of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China. hongxiama@njmu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9821-6955
Xiangdong ChengDepartment of Cancer Prevention, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou Institute of Medicine (HIM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. chengxd@zjcc.org.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1470-2831
Hongbing ShenDepartment of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China. hbshen@njmu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2581-5906

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82388102; 82273724; 82473708; 82273714; 82273700
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lung structures are critical for gas exchange and contribute to the pathogenesis of respiratory diseases, exhibiting notable lobe-specific heterogeneity. To investigate their genetic basis, we apply a deep-learning AI system and Pyradiomics to define lobe-specific lung CT imaging phenotypes, conducting genome-wide analyses in 35,469 participants from the Lung Imaging Genomics Initiative in China. We identify 36 loci associated with voxel intensities and 138 loci linked to three-dimensional shape. Functional annotation reveals significant enrichment of relevant genes in pathways regulating early fetal lung development and loci enriched in fetal lung regulatory elements. Genetic correlations are identified between lung structures and chronic respiratory diseases as well as lung function, with a number of loci showing colocalization. Mendelian randomization analyses suggest a causal role of lung structures in chronic lung diseases and extrapulmonary traits. This study provides new insights into the genetic architecture of lung structures and their links to diverse clinical outcomes.

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Genetic VariationLungLung DiseasesAdultChinaDeep LearningFemaleGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansMaleMendelian Randomization AnalysisMiddle AgedPhenotypePolymorphism, Single NucleotideTomography, X-Ray Computed

Identifiers

PMID41162389
PMCPMC12572206

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