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ArticleRenal failure2025

The association between immune cells and acute kidney injury: insights from Mendelian randomization.

Xianzhen Yang, XiaoLei Zhang, Denglu Zhang, Shengtian Zhao

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Xianzhen YangDepartment of Urology, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
XiaoLei ZhangDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Jinan Fourth People's Hospital, Jinan, China.
Denglu ZhangCentral Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China.
Shengtian ZhaoDepartment of Urology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China.

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backgroundImmune disorder is a prominent feature of acute kidney injury (AKI). However, the specific role of different immune cell phenotypes in the pathogenesis of AKI remains poorly understood. The aim of this study was to investigate the relevance of 731 immune phenotypes to AKI. MATERIALS AND

methodsWe obtained data on 731 immune cell phenotypes from the GWAS Catalog and Open GWAS databases and undertook a series of quality control measures to identify exposure-related instrumental variables (IV). Data on acute renal failure (ARF) and rapid kidney function decline were obtained from the Finngen R11 and CKDGen databases as an outcome. Subsequently, we performed two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) using inverse variance weights to explore the causal relationship between 731 immune cell characteristics and ARF and rapid kidney function declineas at the gene level. Sensitivity analyses, including leave-one-out and other MR analysis models, were performed.

resultsAt the significance level corrected by Bonferroni, 9 immune phenotypes, including CD25 on IgD + CD24- B cell, were associated with ARF; 4 immune phenotypes, including SSC-A on plasmacytoid dendritic cell, were associated with rapid kidney function decline. Sensitivity analysis indicated robust results.

conclusionOur study demonstrates a strong causal relationship between specific types of immune cells and AKI by genetic means, providing valuable insights for future clinical studies.

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Acute Kidney InjuryDendritic CellsB-LymphocytesCD24 AntigenGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansInterleukin-2 Receptor alpha SubunitMendelian Randomization AnalysisPhenotypeCD24 AntigenIL2RA protein, humanInterleukin-2 Receptor alpha Subunitacute kidney injurygenetic analysesImmunopheno typesmendelian randomization analysisrapid kidney function decline

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