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Circulating inflammatory proteins as causal drivers and therapeutic targets in asthma: insights from genetic and pathway-based analyses.
The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma - 1 Dec 2025
Miao Yiyan, Chen Haihua, Wei Qishu, Yan Kun, Rukonge Praise Audax, Zhang Zhe, Yu Guiping
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To identify circulating inflammatory proteins with potential causal roles in asthma development through integrated genetic and pathway-based analyses, and to evaluate their potential as therapeutic targets. METHODS: We used genetically anchored instrumental variables from 180 protein quantitative trait loci (pQTLs) to assess the causal effects of 91 circulating inflammatory proteins on asthma risk,...
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- Asthma
- Humans
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Quantitative Trait Loci
- Cytokines
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
