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Medicine (Baltimore)
November 2024
Department of Cardiology and Institute of Vascular Medicine, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China.
Studies have shown that uremia, renal failure and heart failure (HF) are closely related. However, whether this association reflects a causal effect is still unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate the causal effect of uremic metabolites or toxins on HF.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAfter decades of inactivity throughout the Americas, western equine encephalitis virus (WEEV) recently re-emerged in South America, causing a large-scale outbreak in humans and horses. WEEV binds protocadherin 10 (PCDH10) as a receptor; however, nonpathogenic strains no longer bind human or equine PCDH10 but retain the ability to bind avian receptors. Highly virulent WEEV strains can also bind the very low-density lipoprotein receptor (VLDLR) and apolipoprotein E receptor 2 (ApoER2) as alternative receptors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis
January 2025
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, General Hospital of Central Theater Command, Wuhan, 430065, People's Republic of China.
Background: In preliminary research and literature review, we identified a potential link between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lipid metabolism. Therefore, this study employed Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis to investigate the potential causal connection between blood lipids and COPD.
Materials And Methods: A genome-wide association study (GWAS) on COPD was conducted, encompassing a total of 112,583 European participants from the MRC-IEU.
Nutrients
January 2025
Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
Circulating glycine levels have been associated with reduced risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) in humans but these associations have not been observed in all studies. We evaluated whether the relationship between glycine levels and atherosclerosis was causal using genetic analyses in humans and feeding studies in mice. Serum glycine levels were evaluated for association with risk of CAD in the UK Biobank.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPLoS One
January 2025
Washington University School of Medicine, NeuroGenomics and Informatics Center, St. Louis, MO, United States of America.
Case-only designs in longitudinal cohorts are a valuable resource for identifying disease-relevant genes, pathways, and novel targets influencing disease progression. This is particularly relevant in Alzheimer's disease (AD), where longitudinal cohorts measure disease "progression," defined by rate of cognitive decline. Few of the identified drug targets for AD have been clinically tractable, and phenotypic heterogeneity is an obstacle to both clinical research and basic science.
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