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Investigating potential novel therapeutic targets and biomarkers for ankylosing spondylitis using plasma protein screening.
Frontiers in immunology - 1 Jan 2024
You Wenkang, Lin Yanbin, Liu Mingzhong, Lin Zhangdian, Ye Rongjie, Zhang Canhong, Zeng Rongdong
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Background: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting the spine and sacroiliac joints. Recent genetic studies suggest certain plasma proteins may play a causal role in AS development. This study aims to identify and characterize these proteins using Mendelian randomization (MR) and colocalization analyses. Methods: Plasma protein data were obtained from recent publications in Nature...
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