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Large-scale genome-wide association studies reveal the genetic causal etiology between air pollutants and autoimmune diseases.
Journal of translational medicine - 29 Apr 2024
Wen Jie, Zhang Jingwei, Zhang Hao, Zhang Nan, Lei Ruoyan, Deng Yujia, Cheng Quan, Li He, Luo Peng
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Epidemiological evidence links a close correlation between long-term exposure to air pollutants and autoimmune diseases, while the causality remained unknown. METHODS: Two-sample Mendelian randomization (TSMR) was used to investigate the role of PM10, PM2.5, NO2, and NOX (N = 423,796-456,380) in 15 autoimmune diseases (N = 14,890-314,995) using data from large European GWASs including UKB, FINNGEN,...
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