Siyuan Song
1,2
Li Zhang
2
Qianhua Yan
2*
Jiangyi Yu
2*The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Med.
Sec. Nephrology
Volume 11 - 2024 |
doi: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1459752
ssociation of inflammatory cytokines with type 2 diabetes mellitus and diabetic nephropathy: a bidirectional Mendelian randomization study
Provisionally accepted- 1 Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
- 2 Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
Previous observational studies have suggested associations between various inflammatory cytokines with type 2 diabetes mellitus and diabetic nephropathy. However, the causal association remains uncertain.
Keywords: Mendelian Randomization Analysis, bidirectional, inflammatory cytokines, type 2 diabetes mellitus, diabetic nephropathy, horizontal pleiotropy
Received: 04 Jul 2024; Accepted: 17 Oct 2024.
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* Correspondence:
Qianhua Yan, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
Jiangyi Yu, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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