ArticleProstate international2024
Insights from immunomics and metabolomics on the associations between prostatic diseases and coronavirus disease 2019.
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- No causal effect between prostatitis and erectile dysfunction: Insights from a 2-sample bidirectional Mendelian randomization study.Medicine · 2026Article
- Local Genetic Correlations and Pleiotropy Reveal Shared Genetic Architecture Between COVID-19 Phenotypes and Prostate Cancer in European Populations.Journal of Cancer · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: The causal associations and potential mechanisms between prostatic diseases, the predominant male urological disorders, and the course of COVID-19 remain unclear. Methods: A two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis was performed to evaluate causal associations between prostate cancer, benign prostatic hyperplasia, and prostatitis and different COVID-19 outcomes (SARS-CoV-2 infection, hospitalized COVID-19, and severe COVID-19). Reverse MR, linkage disequilibrium score regression, and Bayesian colocalization analyses were subsequently performed to strengthen the identified causal relationships. Furthermore, immunome- and metabolome-wide MR analysis was conducted to prioritize COVID-19-associated immune characteristics and metabolites. Two-step MR analysis was performed to evaluate the mediating effects of the immunome and metabolome on the associations between prostatic diseases and COVID-19. Results: Genetically predicted prostatic diseases were not causally associated with severe COVID-19, while prostatitis was suggested to be an independent risk factor for SARS-CoV-2 infection (odds ratio (OR) = 1.11, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.01 to 1.23; Conclusion: Our study identified the causal relationships of prostatic diseases with COVID-19 and suggested pathways explaining these associations through alterations in the blood immunome and metabolome.
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