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  • Immunology
  • Genetics
  • Infectious Diseases

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  • *Treponema pallidum* infection triggers complex immune responses.
  • Persistent infection may involve immune evasion strategies.
  • The role of specific immune cells in syphilis stages is not fully understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association between immunophenotypes and syphilis stages using Mendelian randomization.
  • To identify specific immune cell differences between early and late syphilis.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized genome-wide association study summary data.
  • Employed a two-sample Mendelian randomization approach.
  • Analyzed 731 peripheral blood immunophenotypes in relation to syphilis (early and late stages).

Main Results:

  • Identified 33, 36, and 27 immunophenotypes associated with overall syphilis, early syphilis, and late syphilis, respectively.
  • Observed significant differences in immune cell profiles between early and late syphilis.
  • Early syphilis showed distinct T cell and monocyte phenotypes, while late syphilis presented with different B cell subtypes and dendritic cells.

Conclusions:

  • Syphilis exhibits distinct immunophenotypic signatures in its early and late stages.
  • These stage-specific immune profiles offer potential targets for novel treatment strategies.
  • Findings support the development of immunologically informed interventions for syphilis.