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Circulating inflammatory cytokines and risk of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a Mendelian randomization study.
BMC pulmonary medicine - 3 Oct 2023
Jia Qinyao, Lei Yanmei, Chen Shaoping, Liu Shengming, Wang Tao, Cheng Yao
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BACKGROUND: The previous epidemiological and experimental evidence has implied the linkage between chronic inflammation to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). However, it was still unclear whether there were casual associations between circulating inflammatory cytokines and IPF development. The objective of present study was to examine whether altered genetically predicted concentration of circulating cytokines...
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