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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2024

Association between 23 drugs and inflammatory bowel disease: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study.

Lei He, Tuo Deng, Yurong Huang, Wangliu Yang, Jie Yang, Gengqing Song

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Lei He *Department of Gastroenterology, The Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China.
Tuo Deng *Department of Gastroenterology, The Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China.
Yurong HuangDepartment of Gastroenterology, Liupanshui People's Hospital, Liupanshui, Guizhou, China.
Wangliu YangDepartment of Gastroenterology, Liupanshui People's Hospital, Liupanshui, Guizhou, China.
Jie YangDepartment of Gastroenterology, The Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China.
Gengqing SongDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Metrohealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States.

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Abstract

Background: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of diseases characterized by chronic and recurrent inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. The etiology of IBD remains multifaceted and poorly understood, resulting in limited treatment options that primarily target disease induction and remission maintenance. Thus, the exploration of novel therapeutic options for IBD among existing medications is advantageous. Mendelian randomization analysis (MR) serves as a valuable tool in investigating the relationship between drugs and diseases. In this study, MR analysis was employed to investigate the potential causal relationship between 23 approved drugs for the treatment of various diseases and IBD. Method: We performed a two-sample MR analysis using publicly available genome-wide association study (GWAS) statistics. The inverse variance weighting (IVW) method was used as the main analysis method, supplemented by the remaining four methods (weighted median, MR Egger regression, simple and weighted models), and Meta-analysis was performed to expand the sample size to obtain a more reliable composite causal effect. Finally, Cochran's Q statistic and the MR-Egger test for directed pleiotropy were applied to determine whether significant heterogeneity or directed pleiotropy existed. Results: In the main MR analysis (IVW), drugs with a negative causal association with the risk of IBD were immunosuppressant {OR (95% CI) = 0.7389 [0.6311-0.8651], Conclusion: This MR study provides evidence suggesting that immunosuppressants have a mitigating effect on the risk of IBD and demonstrate consistent efficacy in subtypes of ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD). Additionally, diabetes medications show potential in reducing the risk of IBD, particularly in cases of UC, while β-blockers may elevate the risk of UC. Conversely, salicylic acid and its derivatives may increase the risk of IBD, although this effect is not consistently observed in the subtypes of the disease. These findings offer new insights into the prevention and management of IBD.

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23 drugsCrohn’s diseaseinflammatory bowel diseaseMendelian randomizationulcerative colitis

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PMCPMC11149542

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