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Association between oral microbiota and inflammatory bowel disease: A 2-sample Mendelian randomization study in East Asian populations.
Medicine - 6 Mar 2026
Xie Rong-Xin, Ci Xin-Yu, Xue Yu-Bao, Liu Mei, Zhang Mei-Juan
Abstract excerpt
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD), is increasingly prevalent in East Asia. Its pathogenesis is linked to microbiota dysbiosis via the oral-gut axis, but population-specific causal evidence remains scarce. This study aimed to clarify the causal associations between oral microbiota and UC/CD in East Asian populations using Mendelian randomization (MR),...
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