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Inflammatory biomarkers including ADA, CCL23, CCL25, CD6, CD40, CDCP-1, CST5, CXCL-5, CXCL-6, CXCL-10, IL-10RB, IL-12B, IL-15RA, IL-18R1, MCP-2, MMP-1, TGF-\u03b21, TNF-\u03b2, TWEAK and VEGF-A were exposures, and spherical equivalent (SE) using the formula SE\u2009=\u2009sphere\u2009+\u2009(cylinder\/2) was outcome.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Mendelian randomization analyses showed that each unit increase in VEGF-A, CD6, MCP-2 were causally related to a more myopic refractive errors of 0.040\u2005D\/pg.mL-1 (95% confidence interval 0.019 to 0.062; P\u2009=\u20092.031\u2009\u00d7\u200910-4), 0.042\u2005D\/pg.mL-1 (0.027 to 0.057; P\u2009=\u20097.361\u2009\u00d7\u200910-8) and 0.016\u2005D\/pg.mL-1 (0.004 to 0.028; P\u2009=\u20090.009), and each unit increase in TWEAK was causally related to a less myopic refractive errors of 0.104\u2005D\/pg.mL-1 (\u22120.152 to \u22120.055; P\u2009=\u20092.878\u2009\u00d7\u200910-5). Tested by the MR-Egger, weighted median, MR-PRESSO, Leave-one-out methods, our results were robust to horizontal pleiotropy and heterogeneity in VEGF-A, MCP-2, CD6, but not in TWEAK.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our Mendelian Randomization analysis supported the causal effects of VEGF-A, MCP-2, CD6 and TWEAK on myopic refractive errors. 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