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Moness H, Mousa SO, Mousa SO, Adel NM, Ibrahim RA, Hassan EE, Abdelhameed NI, Meshref DA, Abdullah NM. Thrombophilia genetic mutations and their relation to disease severity among patients with COVID-19. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0296668. [PMID: 38507367 PMCID: PMC10954113 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0296668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2023] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 03/22/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVES Patients with COVID-19 infection appear to develop virus-induced hypercoagulability resulting in numerous thrombotic events. The aim of the present study was to determine the relationship between the thrombophilia genes mutations (prothrombin G20210A, factor V Leiden, and methyltetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR)) and the severity of COVID-19 patients. DESIGN Prospective cross-sectional study. METHOD One hundred and forty patients (80 adults and 60 children) were included in the current study. They were divided into the severe COVID-19 group and the mild COVID-19 group, with each group comprising 40 adults and 30 children. The patients were assessed for FV R506Q, FV R2H1299R, MTHFR A1298C, MTHFR C677T, and prothrombin gene G20210A polymorphisms. CBC, D-dimer, renal and liver function tests, hs-CRP, ferritin, and LDH were also assessed. Thrombotic events were clinically and radiologically documented. RESULTS Severe COVID-19 cases were significantly more frequent to have a heterozygous mutation for all the studied genes compared to mild COVID-19 cases (p<0.05 for all). Being mutant to gene FV R506Q carried the highest risk of developing a severe disease course (p<0.0001). Patients with abnormally high D-dimer levels were significantly more frequent to be heterozygous for FV R506Q, FV R2H1299R, and prothrombin gene G20210A (p = 0.006, 0.007, and 0.02, respectively). CONCLUSION We concluded that there is an evident relationship between severe COVID-19 and inherited thrombophilia. In the current study, FV R506Q gene mutation carried the highest risk of developing a severe COVID-19 disease course.
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- Hend Moness
- Clinical Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
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- Pediatric Department, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
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- Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Department, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
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- Microbiology and Immunology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
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- Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
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- Clinical Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
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Ren H, Lin Y, Huang L, Xu W, Luo D, Zhang C. Association of genetic polymorphisms with COVID-19 infection and outcomes: An updated meta-analysis based on 62 studies. Heliyon 2024; 10:e23662. [PMID: 38187247 PMCID: PMC10767390 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e23662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2023] [Revised: 11/23/2023] [Accepted: 12/09/2023] [Indexed: 01/09/2024] Open
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Background The relationship between genetic polymorphisms and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) remains to be inconsistent. This meta-analysis aimed to provide an updated evaluation of the role of genetic polymorphisms in the infection, severity and mortality of COVID-19 based on all available published studies. Methods A systematic search was performed using six databases: PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and Wanfang. Summary odds ratios (ORs) and corresponding 95 % confidence intervals (CIs) were used to calculate the genotypic comparison. All statistical analyses were conducted in Stata 12.0. Results A total of 62 studies with 19600 cases and 28899 controls was included in this meta-analysis. For COVID-19 infection, ACE Ins/Del polymorphism might be related with significantly decreased risk of COVID-19 infection under dominant, homozygote and allelic models. Meanwhile, the IFITM3 rs12252 and TMPRSS2 rs12329760 polymorphisms were significantly associated with the increased risk of COVID-19 infection under one or more models. Regarding COVID-19 severity, ACE2 rs2074192, ACE2 rs2106809, IFITM3 rs12252 and VDR rs1544410 polymorphisms might be related with significantly increased risk of COVID-19 severity in one or more models. Moreover, the analysis of TMPRSS2 rs2070788 indicated that a variant A allele decreased the risk of COVID-19 severity in recessive model. For COVID-19 mortality, the variant C allele of IFITM3 rs12252 polymorphism might be related with significantly increased risk of COVID-19 mortality under all genetic models. Conclusions This meta-analysis indicated that he infection, severity or mortality of COVID-19 were related to the above genetic polymorphisms, which might provide an important theoretical basis for understanding the clinical feature of COVID-19 disease.
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- Hongyue Ren
- Department of Basic Medicine, Zhangzhou Health Vocational College, Zhangzhou 363000, Fujian Province, China
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- Department of Basic Medicine, Zhangzhou Health Vocational College, Zhangzhou 363000, Fujian Province, China
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- Department of Basic Medicine, Zhangzhou Health Vocational College, Zhangzhou 363000, Fujian Province, China
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- Department of Medical Technology/Collaborative Innovation Center for Translation Medical Testing and Application Technology, Zhangzhou Health Vocational College, Zhangzhou 363000, Fujian Province, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dongnan Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Zhangzhou 363000, Fujian Province, China
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- Department of Medical Technology/Collaborative Innovation Center for Translation Medical Testing and Application Technology, Zhangzhou Health Vocational College, Zhangzhou 363000, Fujian Province, China
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Jukic I, Heffernan A, Schelling AF, Kokic Males V, Savicevic NJ, Kovacic V. Association between COVID-19 Infection or Vaccination Outcomes and Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase Gene Polymorphism: A Systematic Review of the Literature. J Pers Med 2023; 13:1687. [PMID: 38138914 PMCID: PMC10744904 DOI: 10.3390/jpm13121687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2023] [Revised: 11/24/2023] [Accepted: 12/03/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Thrombosis is a detrimental sequala of COVID-19 infection; thus, prophylactic anti-coagulant therapy has been deemed mandatory in treatment unless serious contraindications are present. Susceptibility to thromboembolic events in COVID-19, or following COVID-19 vaccination, is likely attributable to an interplay of factors, including a patient's baseline clinical status and comorbidities, alongside genetic risk factors. In Europe, 8-20% of the population are homozygous for the MTHFR (methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase) variant, which compromises folate metabolism and elevates homocysteine levels. While heightened homocysteine levels are considered a risk factor for thromboembolic events, the precise clinical significance remains a contentious issue. However, recent research suggests elevated homocysteine levels may predict the course and severity of COVID-19 infection. Given the lack of reliable biomarkers predictive of COVID-19 thrombotic risk existing in practice, and the accessibility of MTHFR screening, we established two main outcomes for this study: (1) to determine the association between hereditary MTHFR mutations and COVID-19 severity and thromboembolic events and (2) to determine the link between MTHFR variants and adverse thrombotic events following COVID-19 vaccination. METHODS The review was conducted in accordance with PRISMA guidelines. Medline, Scopus, and Web of Science databases were searched from pandemic inception (11 March 2020) to 30 October 2023. Eligibility criteria were applied, and data extraction performed. RESULTS From 63 citations identified, a total of 14 articles met the full inclusion criteria (8 of which were cross-sectional or observational studies, and 6 were case studies or reports). Among the eight observational and cross-sectional studies evaluating the relationship between MTHFR variants (C667T; A1298C) and thromboembolic events in COVID-19 infection, four studies established a connection (n = 2200), while the remaining four studies failed to demonstrate any significant association (n = 38). CONCLUSIONS This systematic review demonstrated a possible association between the MTHFR gene variants and COVID-19 severity, thromboembolic events, and adverse events following vaccination. However, the paucity of robust data precluded any firm conclusions being drawn. Further prospective trials are required to determine the connection between the MTHFR gene variant and COVID-19 infection and vaccination outcomes.
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- Ivana Jukic
- Internal Medicine Department, Gastroenterology Division, University Hospital of Split, 21000 Split, Croatia
- Department of Health Studies, University of Split, 21000 Split, Croatia;
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- School of Medicine, University of Split, 21000 Split, Croatia; (A.H.); (A.F.S.); (N.J.S.); (V.K.)
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- Department of Health Studies, University of Split, 21000 Split, Croatia;
- Internal Medicine Department, Endocrinology Division, University Hospital of Split, 21000 Split, Croatia
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- School of Medicine, University of Split, 21000 Split, Croatia; (A.H.); (A.F.S.); (N.J.S.); (V.K.)
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- School of Medicine, University of Split, 21000 Split, Croatia; (A.H.); (A.F.S.); (N.J.S.); (V.K.)
- Internal Medicine Department, Division of Emergency and Intensive Medicine with Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital of Split, 21000 Split, Croatia
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Ivanova NG. A Rare Case of Pulmonary Embolism, Deep Vein Thrombosis, Bilateral Avascular Necrosis of the Femoral Head, and Miscarriage following COVID-19 in a Patient with Multiple Genetic Coagulation Factor Deficiency-A Case Report. Life (Basel) 2023; 13:2240. [PMID: 38137842 PMCID: PMC10744566 DOI: 10.3390/life13122240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2023] [Revised: 11/14/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The most common symptoms of COVID-19 are respiratory symptoms, but some patients develop severe thrombotic complications. Studies have looked into the association between the disease severity in COVID-19 patients and polymorphisms in the genes encoding prothrombotic and cardiovascular risk factors. The presented rare case describes inflammatory and acute thrombotic complications with musculoskeletal involvement in a patient with combined coagulation genetic defects. A 37-year-old woman was hospitalized with a respiratory infection of coronavirus etiology complicated by pneumonia and pulmonary embolism and confirmed using computed tomography and elevated D-dimer. Sixteen days after discharge, she developed deep vein thrombosis after discontinuation of antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy due to bleeding. Four months after infection, we found bilateral avascular necrosis of the femoral head. The patient had a miscarriage with considerable blood loss and was given genetic testing, which confirmed the presence of a combined defect with a risk of both thrombosis and bleeding-heterozygous for the Leiden G1691A mutation, homozygous for the 677C>T mutation (MTHFR), heterozygous for the Val34Leu (factor XIII) mutation, and 4G/5G polymorphism in the promoter of the plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (PAI-1) genes. The described rare clinical case poses a serious challenge regarding the anticoagulant and antiplatelet therapy, especially in the presence of thrombotic complications in COVID-19 and the underlying genetic defect associated with a risk of bleeding, including life-threatening intracranial bleeding. More research is needed to better understand the major medical concern about antithrombotic treatment in COVID-19 patients with bleeding risk in the context of genetic coagulation disorders. The case raises the vigilance of clinicians to search for a genetic predisposition to the development of severe thrombotic events in COVID-19 patients with no other known underlying diseases.
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- Nevena Georgieva Ivanova
- Department of Urology and General Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Plovdiv, 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria; ; Tel.: +35-98-8913-0416
- St. Karidad MHAT, Karidad Medical Health Center, Cardiology, 4004 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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Abdulaziz-Opiela G, Sobieraj A, Sibrecht G, Bajdor J, Mroziński B, Kozłowska Z, Iciek R, Wróblewska-Seniuk K, Wender-Ożegowska E, Szczapa T. Prenatal and Neonatal Pulmonary Thrombosis as a Potential Complication of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Late Pregnancy. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24087629. [PMID: 37108791 PMCID: PMC10146603 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24087629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2023] [Revised: 04/18/2023] [Accepted: 04/19/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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Neonatal venous thrombosis is a rare condition that can be iatrogenic or occur due to viral infections or genetic mutations. Thromboembolic complications are also commonly observed as a result of SARS-CoV-2 infections. They can affect pediatric patients, especially the ones suffering from multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) or multisystem inflammatory syndrome in neonates (MIS-N). The question remains whether the maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy can lead to thromboembolic complications in fetuses and neonates. We report on a patient born with an embolism in the arterial duct, left pulmonary artery, and pulmonary trunk, who presented several characteristic features of MIS-N, suspecting that the cause might have been the maternal SARS-CoV2 infection in late pregnancy. Multiple genetic and laboratory tests were performed. The neonate presented only with a positive result of IgG antibodies against SARS-CoV-2. He was treated with low molecular weight heparin. Subsequent echocardiographic tests showed that the embolism dissolved. More research is necessary to evaluate the possible neonatal complications of maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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- Faculty of Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-701 Poznan, Poland
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- II Department of Neonatology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-701 Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Radiology, Nicolaus Copernicus Hospital, 80-803 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-701 Poznan, Poland
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- II Department of Neonatology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-701 Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Reproduction, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-701 Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Reproduction, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-701 Poznan, Poland
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- II Department of Neonatology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-701 Poznan, Poland
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Missense Variants of von Willebrand Factor in the Background of COVID-19 Associated Coagulopathy. Genes (Basel) 2023; 14:genes14030617. [PMID: 36980889 PMCID: PMC10048626 DOI: 10.3390/genes14030617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2023] [Revised: 02/16/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 03/05/2023] Open
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COVID-19 associated coagulopathy (CAC), characterized by endothelial dysfunction and hypercoagulability, evokes pulmonary immunothrombosis in advanced COVID-19 cases. Elevated von Willebrand factor (vWF) levels and reduced activities of the ADAMTS13 protease are common in CAC. Here, we aimed to determine whether common genetic variants of these proteins might be associated with COVID-19 severity and hemostatic parameters. A set of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the vWF (rs216311, rs216321, rs1063856, rs1800378, rs1800383) and ADAMTS13 genes (rs2301612, rs28729234, rs34024143) were genotyped in 72 COVID-19 patients. Cross-sectional cohort analysis revealed no association of any polymorphism with disease severity. On the other hand, analysis of variance (ANOVA) uncovered associations with the following clinical parameters: (1) the rs216311 T allele with enhanced INR (international normalized ratio); (2) the rs1800383 C allele with elevated fibrinogen levels; and (3) the rs1063856 C allele with increased red blood cell count, hemoglobin, and creatinine levels. No association could be observed between the phenotypic data and the polymorphisms in the ADAMTS13 gene. Importantly, in silico protein conformational analysis predicted that these missense variants would display global conformational alterations, which might affect the stability and plasma levels of vWF. Our results imply that missense vWF variants might modulate the thrombotic risk in COVID-19.
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Kiraz A, Sezer O, Alemdar A, Canbek S, Duman N, Bisgin A, Cora T, Ruhi HI, Ergoren MC, Geçkinli BB, Sag SO, Gözden HE, Oz O, Altıntaş ZM, Yalcıntepe S, Keskin A, Tak AY, Paskal ŞA, Yürekli UF, Demirtas M, Evren EU, Hanta A, Başdemirci M, Suer K, Balta B, Kocak N, Karabulut HG, Cobanogulları H, Ateş EA, Bozdoğan ST, Eker D, Ekinci S, Nergiz S, Tuncalı T, Yagbasan S, Alavanda C, Kutlay NY, Evren H, Erdoğan M, Altıner S, Sanlidag T, Gonen GA, Vicdan A, Eras N, Eker HK, Balasar O, Tuncel G, Dundar M, Gurkan H, Temel SG. Contribution of genotypes in Prothrombin and Factor V Leiden to COVID-19 and disease severity in patients at high risk for hereditary thrombophilia. J Med Virol 2023; 95:e28457. [PMID: 36597901 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.28457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2022] [Revised: 12/23/2022] [Accepted: 12/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Thrombotic and microangiopathic effects have been reported in COVID-19 patients. This study examined the contribution of the hereditary thrombophilia factors Prothrombin (FII) and Factor V Leiden (FVL) genotypes to the severity of COVID-19 disease and the development of thrombosis. This study investigated FII and FVL alleles in a cohort of 9508 patients (2606 male and 6902 female) with thrombophilia. It was observed that 930 of these patients had been infected by SARS-CoV-2 causing COVID-19. The demographic characteristics of the patients and their COVID-19 medical history were recorded. Detailed clinical manifestations were analyzed in a group of cases (n = 4092). This subgroup was age and gender-matched. FII and FVL frequency data of healthy populations without thrombophilia risk were obtained from Bursa Uludag University Medical Genetic Department's Exome Databank. The ratio of males (31.08%; 27.01%) and the mean age (36.85 ± 15.20; 33.89 ± 14.14) were higher among COVID-19 patients compared to non-COVID-19 patients. The prevalence of FVL and computerized tomography (CT) positivity in COVID-19 patients was statistically significant in the thrombotic subgroup (p < 0.05). FVL prevalence, CT positivity rate, history of thrombosis, and pulmonary thromboembolism complication were found to be higher in deceased COVID-19 patients (p < 0.05). Disease severity was mainly affected by FVL and not related to genotypes at the Prothrombin mutations. Overall, disease severity and development of thrombosis in COVID-19 are mainly affected by the variation within the FVL gene. Possible FVL mutation should be investigated in COVID-19 patients and appropriate treatment should be started earlier in FVL-positive patients.
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- Aslıhan Kiraz
- Kayseri City Training and Research Hospital, Genetic Diseases Evaluation Center, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Samsun Training and Research Hospital, Genetic Diseases Evaluation Center, Samsun, Turkey
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- Department of Translational Medicine, Institute of Health Sciences, Bursa Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey
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- Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Genetic Diseases Evaluation Center, Health Sciences University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Dragos Hospital, Bezmialem Vakıf University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Medical Genetics Department of Medical Faculty, AGENTEM (Adana Genetic Diseases Diagnosis and Treatment Center), Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Near East University, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Bursa Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey
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- Department of Translational Medicine, Institute of Health Sciences, Bursa Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey.,Department of Haematology, Bursa Yuksek Ihtısas Training and Research Hospital, Health Sciences University, Bursa, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Harran University, Sanlıurfa, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Health Sciences, Adnan Menderes University, Aydın, Turkey
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- Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, Bezmialem Vakıf University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Sanlıurfa Mehmet Akif İnan Health Application and Research Center, Health Sciences University, Sanlıurfa, Turkey
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kyrenia, Kyrenia, Cyprus
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- Cukurova University AGENTEM (Adana Genetic Diseases Diagnosis and Treatment Center), Adana, Turkey
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- Konya Training and Research Hospital, Genetic Diseases Evaluation Center, Health Sciences University, Konya, Turkey
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinicai Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Near East University, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Kayseri City Training and Research Hospital, Genetic Diseases Evaluation Center, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Medical Genetics Department of Medical Faculty, AGENTEM (Adana Genetic Diseases Diagnosis and Treatment Center), Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kyrenia, Kyrenia, Cyprus
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- Kayseri City Training and Research Hospital, Genetic Diseases Evaluation Center, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Kayseri City Training and Research Hospital, Genetic Diseases Evaluation Center, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey
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- Konya Training and Research Hospital, Genetic Diseases Evaluation Center, Health Sciences University, Konya, Turkey
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- Konya Training and Research Hospital, Genetic Diseases Evaluation Center, Health Sciences University, Konya, Turkey
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- DESAM Institute, Near East University, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey
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- Department of Translational Medicine, Institute of Health Sciences, Bursa Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey.,Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Bursa Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey.,Department of Medical Genetics, Health Sciences Institute, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey
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Zhuravleva IS, Khamoshina MB, Orazov MR, Dmitrieva EM, Azova MM. Clinical and genetic aspects of menopausal hormone therapy - a modern paradigm. What changed COVID-19 pandemic? RUDN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 2022. [DOI: 10.22363/2313-0245-2022-26-4-364-372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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In the modern paradigm of public health protection, much attention is paid to the health of women in peri- and postmenopause, and a personalized approach prevails. It is generally recognized that the pathogenetic therapy of menopausal disorders is hormone therapy. But the COVID-19 pandemic has made its own adjustments to the routine strategy of choosing menopausal hormone therapy (MHT). The purpose of this review was to analyze studies on the dependence of the effectiveness of MHT on clinical and genetic aspects in the context of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The review highlights the main risks of MHT for thromboembolic diseases and coagulation complications characteristic of COVID-19, discusses genetic predispositions that aggravate the course of the post-COVID period, as well as the effectiveness of estrogens in protecting the vascular endothelium and increasing the number of CD4+ T cells, providing an adequate immune response when infected with SARS-CoV-2. Numerous studies show that the complications characteristic of the severe course of COVID-19 are multifactorial in nature and cannot be unambiguously explained only by genetic predisposition. However, with the development of personalized medicine, special attention should be paid to the study of genetic aspects that can equally contribute to the occurrence of menopausal disorders in healthy women and aggravate the course of the post-pregnancy period. The data presented allow us to conclude that in the context of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic at the population level, MHT can bring significant benefits to women during menopause due to the beneficial effect of estrogens on vascular walls. Additional study of the relationship between the course of the postcovid period in MHT users and polymorphisms of candidate genes that determine the risks of thrombotic complications and metabolic consequences is required.
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Sypniewski M, Król ZJ, Szyda J, Kaja E, Mroczek M, Suchocki T, Lejman A, Stępień M, Topolski P, Dąbrowski M, Kotlarz K, Aplas A, Wasiak M, Wojtaszewska M, Zawadzki P, Pawlak A, Gil R, Dobosz P, Stojak J. Gene Variants Related to Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Diseases May Correlate with Severe Outcome of COVID-19. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23158696. [PMID: 35955824 PMCID: PMC9369343 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23158696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2022] [Revised: 08/02/2022] [Accepted: 08/02/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
Abstract
Background: Severe outcomes of COVID-19 account for up to 15% of all cases. The study aims to check if any gene variants related to cardiovascular (CVD) and pulmonary diseases (PD) are correlated with a severe outcome of COVID-19 in a Polish cohort of COVID-19 patients. Methods: In this study, a subset of 747 samples from unrelated individuals collected across Poland in 2020 and 2021 was used and whole-genome sequencing was performed. Results: The GWAS analysis of SNPs and short indels located in genes related to CVD identified one variant significant in COVID-19 severe outcome in the HADHA gene, while for the PD gene panel, we found two significant variants in the DRC1 gene. In this study, both potentially protective and risk variants were identified, of which variants in the HADHA gene deserve the most attention. Conclusions: This is the first study reporting the association between the HADHA and DRC1 genetic variants and COVID-19 severe outcome based on the cohort WGS analysis. Although all the identified variants are localised in introns, they may be correlated and therefore inherited along with other risk variants, potentially causative to severe outcome of COVID-19 but not discovered yet.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mateusz Sypniewski
- Department of Genetics and Animal Breeding, Poznan University of Life Sciences, 60-637 Poznan, Poland
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- Central Clinical Hospital of Ministry of the Interior and Administration in Warsaw, 02-507 Warsaw, Poland
| | - Joanna Szyda
- Biostatistics Group, Department of Genetics, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, 51-631 Wrocław, Poland
- National Research Institute of Animal Production, Krakowska 1, 32-083 Balice, Poland
| | - Elżbieta Kaja
- Department of Medical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-806 Poznan, Poland
| | - Magdalena Mroczek
- Center for Cardiovascular Genetics & Gene Diagnostics, Foundation for People with Rare Diseases, 8952 Schlieren-Zurich, Switzerland
| | - Tomasz Suchocki
- Biostatistics Group, Department of Genetics, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, 51-631 Wrocław, Poland
- National Research Institute of Animal Production, Krakowska 1, 32-083 Balice, Poland
| | - Adrian Lejman
- MNM Bioscience Inc., 1 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
| | - Maria Stępień
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Doctoral School, Medical University of Lublin, 20-059 Lublin, Poland
| | - Piotr Topolski
- Central Clinical Hospital of Ministry of the Interior and Administration in Warsaw, 02-507 Warsaw, Poland
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- Biostatistics Group, Department of Genetics, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, 51-631 Wrocław, Poland
| | - Angelika Aplas
- Central Clinical Hospital of Ministry of the Interior and Administration in Warsaw, 02-507 Warsaw, Poland
| | - Michał Wasiak
- Central Clinical Hospital of Ministry of the Interior and Administration in Warsaw, 02-507 Warsaw, Poland
| | - Marzena Wojtaszewska
- Department of Hematology, Frederic Chopin Provincial Teaching Hospital No. 1 in Rzeszow, 35-055 Rzeszow, Poland
| | - Paweł Zawadzki
- MNM Bioscience Inc., 1 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
| | - Agnieszka Pawlak
- Central Clinical Hospital of Ministry of the Interior and Administration in Warsaw, 02-507 Warsaw, Poland
| | - Robert Gil
- Central Clinical Hospital of Ministry of the Interior and Administration in Warsaw, 02-507 Warsaw, Poland
| | - Paula Dobosz
- Central Clinical Hospital of Ministry of the Interior and Administration in Warsaw, 02-507 Warsaw, Poland
- Correspondence: (P.D.); (J.S.)
| | - Joanna Stojak
- Central Clinical Hospital of Ministry of the Interior and Administration in Warsaw, 02-507 Warsaw, Poland
- Correspondence: (P.D.); (J.S.)
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