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ArticleClinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology2024

Causal Relationship and Potential Common Pathogenic Mechanisms Between Alopecia Areata and Related Cancer.

Zexin Zhu, Xiaoxue Wang

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Zexin ZhuDepartment of Surgical Oncology, the Comprehensive Breast Care Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0009-0005-5938-1690
Xiaoxue WangDepartment of Dermatology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, People's Republic of China.

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Abstract

Objective: Alopecia areata (AA) is an autoimmune skin disease. Observational studies have reported an association between AA and cancer. However, the causal relationship between AA and cancer has not been reported. We employed a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) study to assess the causality between AA and 17 subtypes of cancers. Methods: We employed a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) study to assess the causality between AA and 17 subtypes of cancers. AA and cancers' association genome-wide association study (GWAS) data were collected. The inverse variance weighted (IVW) method was utilized as the principal method in our Mendelian randomization (MR) study, with additional use of the MR-Egger, weighted median, simple mode, and weighted mode methods. After that, we explored the underlying biological mechanisms by Bioinformatic Analysis. Results: According to our MR analysis, AA has a causal relationship with hepatic bile duct cancer (HBDC, (odds ratio [OR] = 0.944, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.896-0.994, Conclusion: This study provided new evidence of the relationship between AA with HBDC and CRC. AA may play a protective role in both HBDC and CRC progression. This could provide newer avenues for research in search of treatment for HBDC and CRC.

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alopecia areatacancercausal relationshipcolorectal cancerhepatic bile duct cancerMendelian randomization

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PMCPMC11662924

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