Genetically predicted serum Pimelylcarnitine mediates the association between CD39+ secreting Treg cells and intervertebral disc degeneration
Na Li, Cimin Shen, Zhenv Huang, Zhuoyi Shao, Jietao Wu, Danyun Hua, Lu Wang · 2026
Read Genetically predicted serum Pimelylcarnitine mediates the association between CD39+ secreting Treg cells and intervertebral disc degeneration by Na Li, Cimin Shen, Zhenv Huang, Zhuoyi Shao, Jietao Wu, Danyun Hua, Lu Wang (2026) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/pmc-13183168.txt.
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Na Li and co-authors use, in a 2026 genetics study, a natural experiment method to ask whether a class of immune regulator cells helps cause disc degeneration in the spine. The method leans on gene variants as stand-ins for lifelong exposure. Data covered a few thousand people for the cell measure and a large case-control set for the disc disease.
Genes predicting more of these secreting regulator cells came with a slightly higher disc risk. The reverse path showed no solid sign. A blood fat molecule carried about nine percent of the effect, leaving most of the route unexplained. The authors offer the cell and the molecule as leads for new treatment hunts.
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| CREATOR | Na Li, Cimin Shen, Zhenv Huang, Zhuoyi Shao, Jietao Wu, Danyun Hua, Lu Wang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 28 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |