ArticleSkin research and technology : official journal of International Society for Bioengineering and the Skin (ISBS) [and] International Society for Digital Imaging of Skin (ISDIS) [and] International Society for Skin Imaging (ISSI)2024
Causal relationship between inflammatory skin diseases and immunoglobulin A nephropathy: A Mendelian randomization and enrichment analysis study.
Article in Skin research and technology : official journal of International Society for Bioengineering and the Skin (ISBS) [and] International Society for Digital Imaging of Skin (ISDIS) [and] International Society for Skin Imaging (ISSI), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 2 papers.
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- Mendelian randomization studies in atopic dermatitis: causal insights across omics layers.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Causal relationship between inflammatory skin diseases and immunoglobulin A nephropathy: A Mendelian randomization and enrichment analysis study.Skin research and technology : official journal of International Society for Bioengineering and the Skin (ISBS) [and] International Society for Digital Imaging of Skin (ISDIS) [and] International Society for Skin Imaging (ISSI) · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate the causal relationship between inflammatory skin diseases (atopic dermatitis, and psoriasis) and IgA nephropathy using Mendelian randomization and enrichment analysis.
methodsThe instrumental variables (IVs) in the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) database were used for two-sample MR analysis. The results of inverse variance weighting (IVW) were used as the main method, the MR-Egger method was used for pleiotropy analysis and the leave-one-out method was used for sensitivity analysis to verify the reliability of the data. Combined with the human genome database GeneCards database and Metascape enrichment analysis.
resultsPeople with AD had an increased risk of IgA nephropathy (IVW: OR = 1.06, 95% CI [1.0002-1.1248], p = 0.0491). Psoriasis and IgA nephropathy (IVW: OR = 0.97, 95% CI [0.9394-1.0055], p = 0.1002) no statistical significance, therefore cannot prove cause-and-effect relationship between.
conclusionsThis study provides evidence that atopic dermatitis is associated with an increased risk of IgA nephropathy, but does not provide evidence that psoriasis is causologically associated with IgA nephropathy. Enrichment analysis suggested a causal relationship between inflammatory skin diseases and IgA nephropathy at the genetic level.
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