Min Fang

Dr. Min Fang


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Academic Career Length

1Year (2026-Present)

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30 June 2026 in Genes
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MFMin Fang
Min Fang
BZBin Zhou
Bin Zhou
PYPENG Yu
PENG Yu
XLXiang Long
Xiang Long
MSMin Shao
Min Shao
Background: Sepsis-induced cardiomyopathy (SICM) is a life-threatening complication driven by inflammatory cascades. Current genetic studies are restricted to single-trait analyses that cannot capture the shared genetic architecture spanning from immune dysregulation to structural myocardial damage. Methods: We applied genomic structural equation modeling to integrate genome-wide association study (GWAS) summary statistics for six phenotypes—sepsis, cardiac troponin I, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), left ventricular diastolic strain rate, right ventricular peak ejection rate, and heart failure—constructing a latent factor for the shared genetic basis of SICM-related phenotypes. Downstream analyses included multivariate GWAS, fine-mapping (SuSiE/FINEMAP), sparse canonical correlation analysis-based transcriptome-wide association study (sCCA-TWAS) with FOCUS prioritization, MAGMA gene-set enrichment, cell-type enrichment (CELLECT), spatial transcriptomic mapping (gsMap), and stratified LD score regression (S-LDSC). Results: The model showed adequate fit (CFI = 0.936), with left ventricular diastolic strain rate and LVEF anchoring the factor most strongly (λ = 0.811 and 0.636, respectively). Multivariate GWAS identified 4220 lead variants, of which 4197 did not reach genome-wide significance in any constituent single-trait GWAS. Cross-referencing sCCA-TWAS with FOCUS fine-mapping prioritized 39 genes spanning inflammatory transduction, gap junction remodeling, proteostatic defense, and energy sensing. AMPK signaling was recurrently captured across fine-mapping and transcriptome-wide analyses. CELLECT identified cardiac muscle cells as the sole significant cell type. Conclusions: This study provides the first integrative multi-trait genetic framework for the shared genetic basis of SICM-related phenotypes, identifying AMPK as a recurrently captured pleiotropic hub at the inflammation–metabolism intersection and providing a foundation for future biomarker and mechanistic investigations.