Causal relationship between gut microbiota and cancers: a two-sample Mendelian randomisation study

BMC Medicine

Research Article

Hong Zhu¹  Yangying Zhou¹  Yiwen Long¹  Lanhua Tang¹  Shushan Zhao² 

[1] Department of Oncology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 410008, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China;National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 410008, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China;National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 410008, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China;Department of Orthopedics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 410008, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China;

关键词: Gut microbiota;    Cancer;    Mendelian randomisation;    Genetics;    SNPs;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12916-023-02761-6

 received in 2022-08-19, accepted in 2023-01-30,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

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.

【 授权许可】

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