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Cross-talks between gut microbiota and tobacco smoking: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study.
BMC medicine - 28 Apr 2023
Fan Jiayao, Zhou Yuan, Meng Ran, Tang Jinsong, Zhu Jiahao, Aldrich Melinda C, Cox Nancy J, Zhu Yimin, Li Yingjun, Zhou Dan
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BACKGROUND: Considerable evidence has been reported that tobacco use could cause alterations in gut microbiota composition. The microbiota-gut-brain axis also in turn hinted at a possible contribution of the gut microbiota to smoking. However, population-level studies with a higher evidence level for causality are lacking. METHODS: This study utilized the summary-level data of respective genome-wide association...
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