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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2026

Mendelian randomization and transcriptome analysis reveal depression-driven regulatory patterns of the immune microenvironment in myocardial infarction and heart failure.

Zihao Zhou, Xiaotongning Yu, Yani Jin, Ziyi Liu, Guoqiang Liang, Ben Ma, Anqi Hou, Tongfei Gu, Na Xu, Shuo Sun

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Zihao Zhou *School of Life Sciences, Jining Medical University, Rizhao, China.
Xiaotongning Yu *School of Life Sciences, Jining Medical University, Rizhao, China.
Yani JinSchool of Life Sciences, Jining Medical University, Rizhao, China.
Ziyi LiuSchool of Life Sciences, Jining Medical University, Rizhao, China.
Guoqiang LiangSchool of Life Sciences, Jining Medical University, Rizhao, China.
Ben MaSchool of Life Sciences, Jining Medical University, Rizhao, China.
Anqi HouSchool of Life Sciences, Jining Medical University, Rizhao, China.
Tongfei GuSchool of Life Sciences, Jining Medical University, Rizhao, China.
Na XuSchool of Modern Chinese Medicine Industry, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.
Shuo SunSchool of Life Sciences, Jining Medical University, Rizhao, China.

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Background: Major depressive disorder (MDD) and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are mutually amplifying global health burdens, yet the causal directions and immune-determined molecular substructures that link MDD to myocardial infarction (MI) and heart failure (HF) remain poorly resolved. Methods: Bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) was applied to large-scale GWAS (1.35 million MDD; 361 K MI; 977 K HF) followed by replication in 11,004 NHANES 2005-2020 participants using restricted cubic splines and multivariable logistic regression. Multi-cohort transcriptomics (peripheral blood microarray n = 447; in-house RNA-seq n = 14; left-ventricular tissue from dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) patients (n = 332) were integrated to identify MDD-driven expression signatures. LASSO regression, CIBERSORT, ssGSEA, consensus clustering and GSVA were employed to derive diagnostic gene panels and immune endotypes. Results: MR analyses provided genetic evidence consistent with a directional effect of MDD on MI (IVW β = 0.01, P = 4.6 × 10⁻ Conclusions: Genetic, epidemiological, and multi-omic evidence supports a directional association between MDD and increased risk of MI and HF. We deliver reproducible blood-based gene panels and immune endotypes that dissect biologically distinct MDD-CVD substructures, offering actionable targets for precision immunomodulatory therapy in cardio-depressive comorbidity.

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Heart FailureMajor Depressive DisorderMyocardial InfarctionTranscriptomeFemaleGene Expression ProfilingGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansMaleMendelian Randomization AnalysisMiddle AgedPolymorphism, Single Nucleotidecardiovascular diseaseimmune microenvironmentmajor depressive disordermendelian randomizationtranscriptomics

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