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Causal role of immune cells in generalized anxiety disorder: Mendelian randomization study

Zhen Ma, Min Zhao, Huanghong Zhao, Nan Qu

Frontiers in Immunology · 2024

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Summary

Background: Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a prevalent emotional disorder that has received relatively little attention regarding its immunological basis. Recent years have seen the widespread use of high-density genetic markers such as SNPs or CNVs for genotyping, as well as the advancement of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) technologies, which have facilitated the understanding of immunological mechanisms underlying several major psychiatric disorders. Despite these advancements, the immunological basis of GAD remains poorly understood. In light of this, we aimed to explore the causal relationship between immune cells and the disease through a Mendelian randomization study. Methods: The summary information for GAD (Ncase=4,666, Ncontrol=337,577) was obtained from the FinnGe

Subject
Other / interdisciplinary
Source type
Peer-reviewed study
System type
Other
DOI
10.3389/fimmu.2023.1338083
Catalogue ID
SNmoj1ynsa-c8lrjs
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