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Accordingly, the present evaluation aims to investigate the causal relationship between blood metabolites and the risk of two major CLDs, including primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Univariable and multivariable Mendelian randomization (MR) approaches were employed to uncover potential causal associations between blood metabolites and 2 CLDs, including PBS and PSC, through extracting instrumental variables (IVs) for metabolites from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) conducted on European individuals. The GWAS summary data of PBC or PSC were sourced from two distinct datasets. The initial analysis employed inverse variance weighted (IVW) and an array of sensitivity analyses, followed by replication and meta-analysis utilizing FinnGen consortium data. Finally, a multivariable MR analysis was carried out to ascertain the independent effects of each metabolite. Furthermore, the web-based tool MetaboAnalyst 5.0 was used to perform metabolic pathway examination.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A genetic causality between 15 metabolites and CLDs was recognized after preliminary analysis and false discovery rate (FDR) correction. Subsequently, 9 metabolites consistently represented an association through replication and meta-analysis. Additionally, the independent causal effects of 7 metabolites were corroborated by multivariable MR analysis. Specifically, the metabolites isovalerylcarnitine (odds ratio [OR]\u2009=\u20093.146, 95% confidence intervals [CI]: 1.471\u20136.726, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.003), valine (OR\u2009=\u2009192.44, 95%CI: 4.949\u20137483.27, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.005), and mannose (OR\u2009=\u20090.184, 95%CI: 0.068\u20130.499, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001) were found to have a causal relationship with the occurrence of PBC. Furthermore, erythrose (OR\u2009=\u20095.504, 95%CI: 1.801\u201316.821, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.003), 1-stearoylglycerophosphocholine (OR\u2009=\u20096.753, 95%CI: 2.621\u201317.399, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20097.64\u2009\u00d7\u200910<jats:sup>\u22125<\/jats:sup>), X-11847 (OR\u2009=\u20090.478, 95%CI: 0.352\u20130.650, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20092.28\u2009\u00d7\u200910<jats:sup>\u22126<\/jats:sup>), and X-12405 (OR\u2009=\u20093.765, 95%CI: 1.771\u20138.005, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20095.71\u2009\u00d7\u200910<jats:sup>\u22124<\/jats:sup>) were independently associated with the occurrence of PSC. Furthermore, the analysis of metabolic pathways identified seven significant pathways in two CLDs.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The findings of the present study have unveiled robust causal relationships between 7 metabolites and 2 CLDs, thereby providing novel insights into the metabolic mechanisms and therapeutic strategies for these disorders.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fmed.2024.1395526","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,2]],"date-time":"2024-07-02T05:09:04Z","timestamp":1719896944000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Causality of metabolites and metabolic pathways on cholestatic liver diseases: a Mendelian randomization 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