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ArticleFrontiers in endocrinology2024

Causal association between mTOR-dependent circulating protein levels and central precocious puberty: a Mendelian randomization study.

Yuanxiao Ying, Ze Yu, Liping Wu

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Article in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Yuanxiao YingDepartment of Pediatrics, Zhoushan Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Zhoushan, China.
Ze YuLaboratory of Cytobiology & Molecular Biology, Zhoushan Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Zhoushan, China.
Liping WuScience and Education Section, Zhoushan Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Zhoushan, China.
Zhoushan Hospital · CN

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Abstract

Background: The mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway has a significant effect on central precocious puberty (CPP). However, the causality between mTOR-dependent circulating protein levels and CPP is still unclear. Our aim is to assess the effects of seven mTOR-dependent circulating protein levels on CPP using Mendelian randomization (MR). Methods: Instrumental variables (IVs) for mTOR-dependent circulating protein levels were retrieved from the proteomics-GWAS INTERVAL study and eQTLGen. The summary-level genetic datasets for CPP outcome were obtained from the FinnGen Consortium. Inverse-variance weighted (IVW) was used as the primary method and the pleiotropy, heterogeneity and robustness of the analyses were detected as sensitivity analysis. Positive exposures in the discovery cohort would be revalidated in the validation cohort. Results: This two-sample MR study revealed a causal association between eIF4G level in plasma and CPP in both discovery cohort (IVW: OR = 0.45, 95% CI = 0.22-0.91, Conclusions: There was a causal association between eIF4G level in plasma and CPP. Whether eIF4G can be used for the prevention or treatment of CPP needs to be explored in further studies.

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Puberty, PrecociousTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesCausalityEukaryotic Initiation Factor-4GHumansMendelian Randomization AnalysisEukaryotic Initiation Factor-4GTOR Serine-Threonine Kinasescausal relationshipcentral precocious pubertyeIF4GMendelian randomizationmTOR

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