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ArticleFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2024

Gut microbiota influence acute pancreatitis through inflammatory proteins: a Mendelian randomization analysis.

Peiyao Huang, Qiang Liu, Tianlong Zhang, Jianfeng Yang

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Article in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Towards Microbiota-Targeted Interventions in Acute Pancreatitis: Evidence From Meta-Analysis and Mendelian Randomization.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Peiyao HuangDepartment of Gastroenterology, the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of School of Medicine, and International School of Medicine, International Institutes of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Yiwu, China.
Qiang LiuDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Tianlong ZhangDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of School of Medicine, and International School of Medicine, International Institutes of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Yiwu, China.
Jianfeng YangDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background/Aim: We employed Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis to investigate the causal relationship between the gut microbiota, acute pancreatitis, and potential inflammatory proteins. Methods: The data for gut microbiota, acute pancreatitis, and inflammatory proteins are sourced from public databases. We conducted a bidirectional MR analysis to explore the causal relationship between gut microbiota and acute pancreatitis, and employed a two-step MR analysis to identify potential mediating inflammatory proteins. IVW is the primary analysis method, heterogeneity, pleiotropy, and sensitivity analyses were also conducted simultaneously. Results: We identified five bacterial genera associated with the risk of acute pancreatitis, namely Conclusion: Our results support the idea that

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Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeMendelian Randomization AnalysisPancreatitisBacteriaHumansInflammationacute pancreatitisgut microbiotainflammatory proteinsMendelian randomizationsingle nucleotide polymorphism

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PMID38881734
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