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ArticlePulmonary circulation2026

The Causal Role of Gut Microbiota in Pulmonary Embolism and the Mediating Effects of Circulating Metabolites: A Mendelian Randomization Study.

Yidan Gao, Xuehan Jiang, Yanshuang Lyu, Huiyuan Hu, Shuang Wang, Yufei Hu, Hong Zhang, Zhenguo Zhai, Wanlu Song, Peiran Yang

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Yidan GaoSchool of Basic Medicine Inner Mongolia Medical University Hohhot China.
Xuehan JiangState Key Laboratory of Respiratory Health and Multimorbidity, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences & School of Basic Medicine Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College Beijing China.
Yanshuang LyuState Key Laboratory of Respiratory Health and Multimorbidity, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences & School of Basic Medicine Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College Beijing China.
Huiyuan HuState Key Laboratory of Respiratory Health and Multimorbidity, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences & School of Basic Medicine Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College Beijing China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6817-6096
Shuang WangSchool of Basic Medicine Inner Mongolia Medical University Hohhot China.
Yufei HuState Key Laboratory of Respiratory Health and Multimorbidity, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences & School of Basic Medicine Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College Beijing China.
Hong ZhangState Key Laboratory of Respiratory Health and Multimorbidity, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences & School of Basic Medicine Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College Beijing China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9204-2547
Zhenguo ZhaiNational Center for Respiratory Medicine; State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Health and Multimorbidity; National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases; Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences; Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Center of Respiratory Medicine China-Japan Friendship Hospital Beijing China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7096-8792
Wanlu SongState Key Laboratory of Respiratory Health and Multimorbidity, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences & School of Basic Medicine Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College Beijing China.
Peiran YangSchool of Basic Medicine Inner Mongolia Medical University Hohhot China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4635-1215

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Abstract

The gut microbiota has been implicated in pulmonary vascular diseases, yet a direct causal link to pulmonary embolism (PE) remains unestablished. This study aimed to investigate the causal effects of gut microbiota on PE and to explore the mediating role of circulating metabolites in this relationship. We performed a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis using summary statistics from large-scale genome-wide association studies. The gut microbiota data were sourced from the MiBioGen consortium, PE data from the FinnGen consortium (R10), and metabolite data from a meta-analysis of 136,016 participants. The inverse variance weighting method was used as the primary analytical approach, supplemented by sensitivity analyzes to ensure robustness. At the nominal level (

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blood metabolitescausal relationshipgut microbiotaMendelian randomizationpulmonary embolism

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