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BMC MEDICINE
Volume 21, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-023-02761-6
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Gut microbiota; Cancer; Mendelian randomisation; Genetics; SNPs
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This study suggests a causal association between the gut microbiota and cancer, providing new insights for further research on the mechanisms and clinical implications of microbiota-mediated cancer.
BackgroundEvidence from observational studies and clinical trials suggests that the gut microbiota is associated with cancer. However, the causal association between gut microbiota and cancer remains to be determined.MethodsWe first identified two sets of gut microbiota based on phylum, class, order, family, and genus level information, and cancer data were obtained from the IEU Open GWAS project. We then performed two-sample Mendelian randomisation (MR) to determine whether the gut microbiota is causally associated with eight cancer types. Furthermore, we performed a bi-directional MR analysis to examine the direction of the causal relations.ResultsWe identified 11 causal relationships between genetic liability in the gut microbiome and cancer, including those involving the genus Bifidobacterium. We found 17 strong associations between genetic liability in the gut microbiome and cancer. Moreover, we found 24 associations between genetic liability in the gut microbiome and cancer using multiple datasets.ConclusionsOur MR analysis revealed that the gut microbiota was causally associated with cancers and may be useful in providing new insights for further mechanistic and clinical studies of microbiota-mediated cancer.
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