Article
Genetic Evidence That Stroke Causally Increases Circulating PDGFB Levels: a Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study.
Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN - 5 Sept 2026
Luo Ying, Zhu QingFeng, Zhang Linjie, Mo DanHeng
Abstract excerpt
Platelet-derived growth factor subunit B (PDGFB) is a key regulator of vascular remodeling, angiogenesis, and blood-brain barrier integrity. Although elevated PDGFB levels have been reported after ischemic injury, whether stroke liability itself causally influences circulating PDGFB levels remains unclear. We performed a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis to assess the causal effects of genetically...
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- Humans
- Mendelian Randomization Analysis
- Stroke
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Genome-Wide Association Study
