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ArticleJournal of neuroinflammation2022

The associations between plasma soluble Trem1 and neurological diseases: a Mendelian randomization study.

Xiaolei Shi, Tao Wei, Yachun Hu, Meng Wang, Yi Tang

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Article in Journal of neuroinflammation, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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32 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xiaolei Shi *Geriatric Neuroscience Center, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Tao Wei *Innovation Center for Neurological Disorders, Department of Neurology, National Center for Neurological Disorders, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Yachun HuGuangdong Engineering Technology Research Center for Translational Medicine of Mental Disorders, Guangzhou, China.
Meng WangInnovation Center for Neurological Disorders, Department of Neurology, National Center for Neurological Disorders, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Yi TangInnovation Center for Neurological Disorders, Department of Neurology, National Center for Neurological Disorders, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. tangyi@xwhosp.org.
Capital Medical University · CNGuangzhou Medical University · CN

Funding

Beijing Hospitals Authority's Ascent Plan DFL20220703Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission Z191100006619046Beijing Natural Science Foundation JQ19024Guangzhou Municipal Key Discipline in Medicine 2021-2023National Natural Science Foundation of China 81970996Science and Technology Plan Project of Guangdong Province 2019B030316001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTriggering receptor expressed on myeloid cell 1 (Trem1) is an important regulator of cellular inflammatory responses. Neuroinflammation is a common thread across various neurological diseases. Soluble Trem1 (sTrem1) in plasma is associated with the development of central nervous system disorders. However, the extent of any causative effects of plasma sTrem1 on the risk of these disorders is still unclear.

methodGenetic variants for plasma sTrem1 levels were selected as instrumental variables. Summary-level statistics of neurological disorders, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), multiple sclerosis (MS), epilepsy, cerebrovascular diseases, and migraine were collected from genome-wide association studies (GWASs). Whether plasma sTrem1 was causally associated with neurological disorders was assessed using a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis, with false discovery rate (FDR)-adjusted methods applied.

resultsWe inferred suggestive association of higher plasma sTrem1 with the risk of AD (odds ratio [OR] per one standard deviation [SD] increase = 1.064, 95% CI 1.012-1.119, P = 0.014, P

conclusionsTaken together, this study indicates suggestive association between plasma sTrem1 and AD. Moreover, higher plasma sTrem1 was associated with the increased risk of epilepsy. The findings support the hypothesis that sTrem1 may be a vital element on the causal pathway to AD and epilepsy.

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Alzheimer DiseaseAmyotrophic Lateral SclerosisParkinson DiseaseGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansMendelian Randomization AnalysisPolymorphism, Single NucleotideTriggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells-1TREM1 protein, humanTriggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells-1Alzheimer’s diseaseEpilepsyMendelian randomizationNeurological diseasessTrem1

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