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Qing Wang1,2, Yuan Wu1, Xuehua Wang3
1The Second Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Abstract:
Psoriasis and insomnia have co-morbidities, however, their common genetic basis is still unclear. We analyzed psoriasis and insomnia with summary statistics from genome-wide association studies. We first quantified overall genetic correlations, then ascertained multiple effector loci and expression-trait associations, and lastly, we analyzed the causal effects between psoriasis and insomnia. A prevalent genetic link between psoriasis and insomnia was found, four pleiotropic loci affecting psoriasis and insomnia were identified, and 154 genes were shared, indicating a genetic link between psoriasis and insomnia. Yet, there is no causal relationship between psoriasis and insomnia by two-sample Mendelian randomization. We discovered a genetic connection between insomnia and psoriasis driven by biological pleiotropy and unrelated to causation. Cross-trait analysis indicates a common genetic basis for psoriasis and insomnia. The results of this study highlight the importance of sleep management in the pathogenesis of psoriasis.
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