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Genetically Proxied Therapeutic Effect of Metformin Use, Blood Pressure, and Hypertension's Risk: a Drug Target-Based Mendelian Randomization Study.
Journal of cardiovascular translational research - 1 Jun 2024
Jiang Junhong, Hu Di, Zhang Qi, Lin Zenan
Abstract excerpt
In this work, we aim to evaluate the association of the genetically proxied effect of metformin on blood pressure (BP) and hypertension through a drug target-based Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis. Thirty-two instrumental variables for five metformin targets (i.e., AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF15), mitochondrial glycerol 3 (MG3), mitochondrial complex I (MCI), and...
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