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ArticleFrontiers in endocrinology2023

Gut microbiome and reproductive endocrine diseases: a Mendelian randomization study.

Ye Liang, Weihong Zeng, Tao Hou, Haikun Yang, Boming Wu, Ru Pan, Lishan Huang

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Article in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ye LiangDepartment of Gynecology, Meizhou People's Hospital, Meizhou, Guangdong, China.
Weihong ZengDepartment of Gynecology, Meizhou People's Hospital, Meizhou, Guangdong, China.
Tao HouDepartment of Gynecology, Meizhou People's Hospital, Meizhou, Guangdong, China.
Haikun YangDepartment of Gynecology, Meizhou People's Hospital, Meizhou, Guangdong, China.
Boming WuDepartment of Gynecology, Meizhou People's Hospital, Meizhou, Guangdong, China.
Ru PanDepartment of Gynecology, Meizhou People's Hospital, Meizhou, Guangdong, China.
Lishan HuangDepartment of Gynecology, Meizhou People's Hospital, Meizhou, Guangdong, China.
Meizhou City People's Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Observation studies have confirmed the association between the gut microbiome and reproductive endocrine diseases (REDs), namely, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), endometriosis, and female infertility. However, their association has never been confirmed by a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis. Methods: We conducted a two-sample MR analysis to evaluate the relationship between the gut microbiome and the three aforementioned REDs. In order to get more comprehensive results, two different thresholds were adopted to select instrumental variables (IVs): one was a locus-wide significance threshold ( Results: At the locus-wide significance level, we identified that the genera Streptococcus (OR=1.52, 95%CI: 1.13-2.06, Conclusion: Our study provides evidence that gut microbiome is closely related with REDs. Subsequent studies should be conducted to promote microbiome-orientated therapeutic strategies for managing REDs.

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EndometriosisGastrointestinal MicrobiomeInfertility, FemalePolycystic Ovary SyndromeFemaleHumansMendelian Randomization Analysisendometriosisfemale infertilitygut microbiomeMendelian randomizationpolycystic ovary syndrome

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PMID37600687
PMCPMC10436605
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