Xiwen Liu, Lixuan Lin, Qi Cai, Caichen Li, Haoxiang Xu, Ruiqi Zeng, Mingtong Zhang, Xinyi Qiu, Shiqi Chen, Xizhe Zhang, Linchong Huang, Wenhua Liang, Jianxing He
Using Mendelian Randomization (MR) and large-scale Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS) data, this study aimed to investigate the potential causative relationship between testosterone and sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) levels and the onset of several cancers, including pathway enrichment analyses of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with cancer allowed for a comprehensive bioinformatics approach, which offered a deeper biological understanding of these relationships. The results indicated that increased testosterone levels in women were associated with a higher risk of breast and cervical cancers but a lower risk of ovarian cancer...
December 2023: Aging Male: the Official Journal of the International Society for the Study of the Aging Male