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Causal effect of immune cells on idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: A mendelian randomization study.
Heart & lung : the journal of critical care - 1 Jan 2024
Li Xuannian, Zhou Bowen, Xu Fei, Liu Huaman, Jia Xinhua
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BACKGROUND: A key component of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is the involvement of immune cells. However, the causal interaction between different immune cell signatures and IPF remain inconclusive. OBJECTIVES: Based on publicly accessible data, our study utilized the Mendelian randomization (MR) approach to determine the causative relevance of complex immune cell phenotypes in IPF. METHODS: We deployed a...
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