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The role of inflammatory proteins in mediating the effect of cathepsins on cholelithiasis: A mendelian randomization study.
Science progress - 1 Jan 2026
Yuan Tong, Wang Ting
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ObjectivePrevious studies have suggested potential associations between cathepsins and cholelithiasis. This study aimed to investigate the potential causal relationships among cathepsins, inflammatory proteins, and cholelithiasis using Mendelian randomization (MR), and to explore whether inflammatory proteins mediate the association between cathepsins and cholelithiasis.MethodsWe conducted a two-sample MR study...
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