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ArticleFood science & nutrition2025

A Trace Element-Ulcer Map: Decoding Micronutrient-Ulcer Relationships Through Genetic Architecture and Pleiotropy-Aware Inference.

Xueyao Cai, Weidong Li, Wenjun Shi, Can Liu, Yuchen Cai, Jianda Zhou

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Xueyao CaiDepartment of Plastic Surgery The Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University Changsha Hunan China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4498-8978
Weidong LiDepartment of Plastic Surgery The Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University Changsha Hunan China.
Wenjun ShiDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Shanghai China.
Can LiuDepartment of Plastic Surgery The Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University Changsha Hunan China.
Yuchen CaiDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Shanghai China.
Jianda ZhouDepartment of Plastic Surgery The Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University Changsha Hunan China.

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Abstract

The contribution of circulating micronutrients to ulcer susceptibility remains poorly defined across anatomical sites. In this study, we constructed a systematic trace element-ulcer map by integrating genetic-instrumented inference, pleiotropy-aware modeling, and heterogeneity-sensitive clustering. Summary-level data were obtained from large-scale genome-wide association studies (GWAS) encompassing 10 circulating micronutrients (calcium, iron, zinc, copper, magnesium, selenium, carotene, vitamin B12, vitamin C, and vitamin D) and nine ulcer phenotypes (corneal ulcer, recurrent oral aphthae, esophageal ulcer, gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer, vaginal/vulvar ulcer, decubitus ulcer, lower limb ulcer, and chronic skin ulcer), covering more than 3 million individuals of European ancestry. Our two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis identified genetically elevated zinc levels as a risk factor for gastric (OR: 1.141, 95% CI: 1.060-1.228,

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circulating micronutrientsgastric ulcerMendelian randomizationputative causalityzinc

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