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Causal Relationship Between Physical Activity and Thymic Tumors Mediated by Circulating Cytokines: A Mendelian Randomization Mediation Analysis.
International journal of molecular sciences - 16 Dec 2024
Sun Yulin, Hao Shuaipeng
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Physical activity reduces chronic disease risk and enhances immune function, but its causal relationship with thymic tumors-rare neoplasms of the anterior mediastinum-remains unclear. This study investigated whether physical activity reduces thymic tumor risk and whether circulating cytokines mediate this effect. We performed a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis using genetic variants as...
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