Exploring the genetic association between immune cells and susceptibility to osteonecrosis using large-scale population data

Autor: Chen Meng, Baochuang Qi, Huan Luo, Zhifang Tang, Junxiao Ren, Hongxin Shi, Chuan Li, Yongqing Xu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Heliyon, Vol 10, Iss 14, Pp e34547- (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2405-8440
DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e34547
Popis: Objectives: Research shows a close association between aberrant immune reactions in osteonecrotic tissues and immune cell infiltration. However, due to limitations in sample size and dataset comprehensiveness, the causal relationship between them is not fully established. This study aims to determine whether there is a causal relationship using a larger and more diverse dataset. Methods: We conducted a comprehensive Mendelian Randomization (MR) analysis to investigate the causal relationship between immune cell characteristics and osteonecrosis. Utilizing publicly available genetic data, we explored the causal relationships between 731 immune cell features and 604 cases from the FinnGen Finnish database, as well as 257 cases from the UK Biobank database with osteonecrosis data. The inverse-variance weighted (IVW) method was used for the primary analysis, and we employed sensitivity analyses to assess the robustness of the main results. In addition, considering data from the two databases used in this study, a meta-analysis was conducted on the significant immune cells associated with osteonecrosis (FDR
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