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Aug 2026
Causal relationships between gut microbiota, metabolites, and chronic kidney disease: a two-step, two-sample Mendelian randomization study
Genetic evidence is provided that gut microbiota influence CKD risk partially through circulating metabolites, highlighting the gut microbiota–metabolite–CKD axis as a potential therapeutic target.
Ying Qian, Yue Yang, Ziyan Shen et al.
· Clinical Kidney Journal · 0 citations