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Genome-wide association and Mendelian randomization study of blood copper levels and 213 deep phenotypes in humans.
Communications biology - 2 May 2022
Yang Wenjun, Li Longman, Feng Xiuming, Cheng Hong, Ge Xiaoting, Bao Yu, Huang Lulu, Wang Fei, Liu Chaoqun, Chen Xing, Mo Zengnan, Yang Xiaobo
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Metal elements are present in the human body, and their levels in the blood have important impacts on health. In this study, 2488 Chinese individuals were included in a genome-wide association study of 21 serum metal levels, with approximately 179,000 East Asian individuals in a bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis, and 628,000 Europeans in a two-sample MR analysis. We identified two...
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