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ArticleTherapeutic advances in chronic disease2024

Causal associations of immunophenotypes with metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease and mediating pathways: a Mendelian randomization study.

Kexin Xie, Ming Chen, Hongjin An, Jinhang Gao, Chengwei Tang, Zhiyin Huang

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Kexin XieLaboratory of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Ming ChenLaboratory of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Hongjin AnDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Jinhang GaoLaboratory of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Chengwei TangLaboratory of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Zhiyin HuangLaboratory of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8322-1786

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Background: Increasing evidence suggests that immunophenotypes play a crucial role in Metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD), but the specific immunophenotypes contributing to its pathogenesis remain unclear. Objectives: This study aimed to elucidate the causal associations between immunophenotypes and MAFLD and identify the underlying mediation pathways involved. Design: Mendelian randomization (MR) study. Methods: This study is a quasi-causal inference analysis using univariable and multivariable MR (UVMR and MVMR). Five MAFLD genome-wide association studies (GWASs) and the largest immunophenotype GWAS were analyzed to assess their causal associations. Two-step MR identified potential mediators and quantified their mediation proportions. Comprehensive MR methods, multiple sensitivity analyses, meta-analyses, and false discovery rate (FDR) further enhanced the robustness of our findings. Results: Pooled inverse-variance weighted (IVW) estimates in UVMR identified 47 immunophenotypes having a suggestive causal association with MAFLD. After adjusting for FDR, three lymphocyte phenotypes remained significant: CD20 on IgD Conclusion: The causal associations of three lymphocyte phenotypes with increased MAFLD risk were identified in this study. CD20 on IgD

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causal inferenceimmune cell phenotypesMendelian randomizationmetabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease

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