The Potential Role of Female Sex Hormones in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A 2-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study.
Jiaqi PanWenxi JiangLinying XinJiali WuShefeng ZhuZhaoxue LiuZhe ShenPublished in: Clinical and translational gastroenterology (2024)
This study provided evidence for a link between female sex hormone exposure, especially estrogen, and IBD. Further investigations are needed to explore the causal effect of estrogen on IBD activity and the underlying mechanism of estrogen in IBD.