与前列腺癌风险相关的1400个血液代谢物基因预测:孟德尔的随机化研究

Xiaojin Lu1, Yongming Chen2, Yuxiao Jiang2

  • 1Medical School of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.

概括

代谢失调在癌症中很常见. 这项研究发现了cysteinylglycine disulfide水平与前列腺癌 (PCa) 风险增加之间的潜在因果关系,使用孟德尔随机分析对1400种血液代谢物进行分析.

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