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Retinol and retinol binding protein 4 levels and COVID-19: a Mendelian randomization study.
BMC pulmonary medicine - 26 Apr 2024
Wang Haixia, Zhang Zhiyun, Xie Li, Lu Kongli, Zhang Shuyi, Xing Shunpeng
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BACKGROUND: The Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has struck globally. Whether the related proteins of retinoic acid (RA) signaling pathway are causally associated with the risk of COVID-19 remains unestablished. We conducted a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) study to assess the associations of retinol, retinol binding protein 4 (RBP4), retinol dehydrogenase 16 (RDH16) and cellular retinoic...
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