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Observational studyFrontiers in immunology2023

Exploring the association and causal effect between white blood cells and psoriasis using large-scale population data.

Guowei Zhou, Xiangmei Ren, Zhenwei Tang, Wang Li, Wenqiong Chen, Yi He, Benliang Wei, Hailun Zhang, Fangyu Ma, Xiang Chen and 3 more

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Observational study in Frontiers in immunology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Guowei ZhouDepartment of Dermatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Xiangmei RenDepartment of Dermatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Zhenwei TangDepartment of Dermatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Wang LiDepartment of Dermatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Wenqiong ChenDepartment of Dermatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Yi HeDepartment of Dermatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Benliang WeiDepartment of Dermatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Hailun ZhangDepartment of Research and Development, Beijing GAP Biotechnology Co., Ltd, Beijing, China.
Fangyu MaDepartment of Health Management Center, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Xiang ChenDepartment of Dermatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Guanxiong ZhangDepartment of Dermatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Minxue ShenDepartment of Dermatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Hong LiuDepartment of Dermatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Central South University · CNHunan Cancer Hospital · CNXiangya Hospital Central South University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the skin. A few studies have shown that psoriasis is an immune-mediated disease in which multiple immune cells play crucial roles. However, the association between circulating immune cells and psoriasis remains elusive. Methods: To explore the role of circulating immune cells in psoriasis, 361,322 individuals from the UK Biobank (UKB) and 3,971 patients with psoriasis from China were included to investigate the association between white blood cells and psoriasis Results: The risk of psoriasis increased with high levels of monocytes, neutrophils, and eosinophils (relative risks and 95% confidence intervals, respectively: 1.430 (1.291-1.584) for monocytes, 1.527 (1.379-1.692) for neutrophils, and 1.417 (1.294-1.551) for eosinophils). Upon further MR analysis, eosinophils showed a definite causal relationship with psoriasis (odds ratio of inverse-variance weighted: 1.386, 95% confidence intervals: 1.092-1.759) and a positive correlation with the psoriasis area and severity index (PASI) score ( Discussion: Our findings revealed an important association between circulating leukocytes and psoriasis, which is instructive for the clinical practice of psoriasis treatment.

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Genome-Wide Association StudyPsoriasisCausalityHumansLeukocytesMonocyteslymphocyte-monocyte ratioMendelian randomizationneutrophil-lymphocyte ratioplatelet-lymphocyte ratiopsoriasiswhite blood cells

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PMID36865550
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