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Investigating the Causal Relationship and Shared Genetic Basis Between Major Depression Disorder and Eight Types of Gastrointestinal Diseases.

Fu Sun, Haochang Li, Bin Gong, Shirong Hui, Ran He, Meijie Yu, Yihao Li, Sheng Yang, Peng Huang

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Fu SunThe People's Hospital of Danyang, Affiliated Danyang Hospital of Nantong University, Zhenjiang, 212300, China.
Haochang LiDepartment of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, National Vaccine Innovation Platform, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China, njmu.edu.cn.
Bin GongThe People's Hospital of Danyang, Affiliated Danyang Hospital of Nantong University, Zhenjiang, 212300, China.
Shirong HuiDepartment of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, National Vaccine Innovation Platform, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China, njmu.edu.cn.
Ran HeDepartment of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, National Vaccine Innovation Platform, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China, njmu.edu.cn.
Meijie YuDepartment of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, National Vaccine Innovation Platform, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China, njmu.edu.cn.
Yihao LiDepartment of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, National Vaccine Innovation Platform, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China, njmu.edu.cn.
Sheng YangDepartment of Biostatistics, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, National Vaccine Innovation Platform, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China, njmu.edu.cn.
Peng HuangDepartment of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, National Vaccine Innovation Platform, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China, njmu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-0146-921X

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Abstract

Background: Previous studies on the causal relationship or shared genetic basis between major depression disorder (MDD) and gastrointestinal (GI) diseases covered either a limited range and not comprehensive enough. Methods: We used linkage disequilibrium score regression (LDSC) to estimate the heritability for nine traits and the genetic correlation ( Results: For the heritability, heritability of all nine traits was significant. For genetic correlation, six GI diseases showed significant correlations with MDD. For the result of MR, we revealed the causal relationship between MDD and acute appendicitis (OR = 1.09), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) (OR = 1.14), and ulcer of esophagus (OR = 1.24). Additionally, we found no significant overlapping tissues after S-LDSC. Finally, we defined three shared genes: Conclusions: Our findings provided the evidence of genetic association, causal relationship, and shared pleiotropic genes between MDD and GI diseases especially acute appendicitis, offering new insights into our understanding of their shared genetic basis.

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Gastrointestinal DiseasesGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseMajor Depressive DisorderGenetic PleiotropyGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansLinkage DisequilibriumMendelian Randomization AnalysisPolymorphism, Single Nucleotidecausal relationshipgastrointestinal diseasesmajor depression disordershared genetic basis

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