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ArticleOxidative medicine and cellular longevity2022

Investigating Causal Relations between Genetic-Related Intermediate Endophenotype and Risk of Chronic Prostatitis: Mendelian Randomization Study.

Shengfeng Zhang, Xing Xie, Lei Yu, Nili Jiang, Xihuan Wei, Yanling Hu

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Article in Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Shengfeng ZhangDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Pre-Clinical Medicine, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 53002 Guangxi, China.
Xing XieDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Pre-Clinical Medicine, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 53002 Guangxi, China.
Lei YuDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Pre-Clinical Medicine, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 53002 Guangxi, China.
Nili JiangDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Pre-Clinical Medicine, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 53002 Guangxi, China.
Xihuan WeiDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Pre-Clinical Medicine, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 53002 Guangxi, China.
Yanling HuDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Pre-Clinical Medicine, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 53002 Guangxi, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8157-9557
Guangxi Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: Prostatitis is a common disease of the male genitourinary system, which seriously disturbs the physical and mental health of male patients. It is related to many factors such as living habits, age, and race, but the etiology has not been fully elucidated. This study investigated whether there is a causal relationship between clinical biochemical indicators (i.e., intermediate phenotype) and prostatitis through Mendelian randomization. The subjects of the study were prostatitis patients and related SNPs in the Guangxi Fangchenggang health examination cohort. Methods: According to the requirements of Mendelian randomization (MR), the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) related to prostatitis patients and 29 common SNPs related to clinical biochemical indicators were analyzed by linkage disequilibrium, and the calculated SNPs were selected. Finally, the related SNPs were analyzed by Mendelian randomization method. Results: 15 biochemical indicators such as complement C4, FOL, CRP, HCY, and estradiol have shared chronic prostatitis SNP sites, and five qualified SNPs were finally screened for complement C4. Finally, complement C4 was obtained by Mendelian randomization method ( Conclusion: The results show that there was a causal relationship between complement C4 and prostatitis, and the more consistent SNP is rs2075799.

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Mendelian Randomization AnalysisProstatitisChinaComplement C4EndophenotypesHumansMaleComplement C4

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