MR-link-2: pleiotropy robust cis Mendelian randomization validated in three independent reference datasets of causality

Abstract Mendelian randomization (MR) identifies causal relationships from observational data but has increased Type 1 error rates (T1E) when genetic instruments are limited to a single associated region, a typical scenario for molecular exposures. We developed MR-link-2, which leverages summary sta...

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Main Authors: Adriaan van der Graaf, Robert Warmerdam, Chiara Auwerx, eQTLGen Consortium, Urmo Võsa, Maria Carolina Borges, Lude Franke, Zoltán Kutalik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-60868-1
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