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We combined Mendelian randomization with clinical evidence to identify causal immune cell phenotypes as potential causal contributors to rheumatoid arthritis and as candidate drugs and therapeutic targets.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We analyzed genome-wide association study summary statistics from rheumatoid arthritis cohorts (discovery: 12,555 cases\/240,862 controls; replication: 14,361 cases\/43,923 controls) as well as 731 immune cell traits. The primary analysis used inverse-variance weighted Mendelian randomization. Clinical trial evidence was further used to explore the therapeutic potential of identified targets. Associations with p\u2009&lt;\u20090.05 were considered nominally significant, while Bonferroni correction was applied to determine statistical significance (p\u2009&lt;\u20096.83\u2009\u00d7\u200910\n                      <jats:sup>\u22125<\/jats:sup>\n                      ).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Analysis of the discovery cohort identified 92 nominally associated immune phenotypes, with 10 surviving multiple testing correction. Replication analysis showed 88 nominal associations, with 4 passing the correction. Meta-analysis revealed suggestive evidence for 17 phenotypes. 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