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The gut microbiota is closely associated with FGIDs and GERD, although the causal relationship has not been fully elucidated. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the potential causal relationship using bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Materials and methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>The genetic data of the 211 gut microbiota were obtained from the MiBioGen consortium (<jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200914,306, from phylum to genus level) and species level of gut microbiota were acquired from the Dutch Microbiome Project (<jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20097,738). For FD and IBS, we utilized the FinnGen consortium, whereas, for GERD data analysis, we obtained the IEU OpenGWAS project. The inverse-variance weighted (IVW) method was used as the primary method to calculate causal effect values. Sensitivity analyses were also performed to confirm the robustness of the primary findings of the MR analyses. Moreover, a reverse MR analysis was conducted to assess the likelihood of reverse causality.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Combining the results of the preliminary and sensitivity analyses, we identified that 8 gut microbial taxa were associated with FD. Genus <jats:italic>Lachnospiraceae NK4A136 group<\/jats:italic> (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20093.63\u2009\u00d7\u200910<jats:sup>\u22123<\/jats:sup>) and genus <jats:italic>Terrisporobacter<\/jats:italic> (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20091.13\u2009\u00d7\u200910<jats:sup>\u22123<\/jats:sup>) were strongly associated with FD. At the same time, we found that 8 gut microbial taxa were associated with IBS. Family <jats:italic>Prevotellaceae<\/jats:italic> (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20092.44\u2009\u00d7\u200910<jats:sup>\u22123<\/jats:sup>) and species <jats:italic>Clostridium leptum<\/jats:italic> (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20097.68\u2009\u00d7\u200910<jats:sup>\u22123<\/jats:sup>) display a robust correlation with IBS. In addition, 5 gut microbial taxa were associated with GERD using the IVW approach. In the reverse MR analysis, 2 gut microbial taxa were found to be associated with FD, 5 gut microbial taxa were found to be associated with IBS, and 21 gut microbial taxa were found to be associated with GERD.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The study reveals the potential causal effects of specific microbial taxa on FD, IBS, and GERD and may offer novel insights into the diagnosis and treatment of these conditions.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fmicb.2024.1343564","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,5,24]],"date-time":"2024-05-24T05:16:08Z","timestamp":1716527768000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Association between gut microbiota and common overlapping gastrointestinal disorders: a bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization study"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Yuhan","family":"Huang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhen","family":"Kang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yuhan","family":"He","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yi","family":"Qiu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yuhui","family":"Song","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Weiai","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,5,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"154996","DOI":"10.1016\/j.phymed.2023.154996","article-title":"Possible role of the gut microbiome in mediating the beneficial effects of the six-herbal formulation STW 5-II on digestive health","volume":"119","author":"Ammar","year":"2023","journal-title":"Phytomedicine"},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"317","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ebiom.2018.03.030","article-title":"Sodium butyrate inhibits inflammation and maintains epithelium barrier integrity in a TNBS-induced inflammatory bowel disease mice model","volume":"30","author":"Chen","year":"2018","journal-title":"EBioMedicine"},{"key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"229","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-2982.2011.01845.x","article-title":"Overlap of dyspepsia and gastroesophageal reflux in the general population: one disease or distinct entities?","volume":"24","author":"Choung","year":"2012","journal-title":"Neurogastroenterol. 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