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Sayın Kocakap DB, Kaygusuz S, Aksoy E, Şahin Ö, Baççıoğlu A, Ekici A, Kalpaklıoğlu AF, Ekici MS, Gül S, Kaçmaz B, Ayaşlıoğlu Açıkgöz E, Alyılmaz Bekmez S, Rouse BT, Azkur AK. Adverse effect of VEGFR-2 (rs1870377) polymorphism on the clinical course of COVID-19 in females and males in an age-dependent manner. Microbes Infect 2023; 25:105188. [PMID: 37499788 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2023.105188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2023] [Revised: 07/12/2023] [Accepted: 07/22/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected people worldwide with varying clinical presentations ranging from mild to severe or fatal, and studies have found that age, gender, and some comorbidities can influence the severity of the disease. It would be valuable to have genetic markers that might help predict the likely outcome of infection. For this objective, genes encoding VEGFR-2 (rs1870377), CCR5Δ32 (rs333), and TLR3 (rs5743313) were analyzed for polymorphisms in the peripheral blood of 160 COVID-19 patients before COVID-19 vaccine was available in Türkiye. We observed that possession of the VEGFR-2 rs1870377 mutant allele increased the risk of severe/moderate disease in females and subjects ≥65 years of age, but was protective in males <65 years of age. Other significant results were that the CCR5Δ32 allele was protective against severe disease in subjects ≥65 years of age, while TLR3 rs5743313 polymorphism was found to be protective against severe/moderate illness in males <65 years of age. The VEGFR-2 rs1870377 mutant allele was a risk factor for severe/moderate disease, particularly in females over the age of 65. These findings suggest that genetic polymorphisms have an age- and sex-dependent influence on the severity of COVID-19, and the VEGFR-2 rs1870377 mutant allele could be a potential predictor of disease severity.
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Türkiye
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- Department of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Türkiye
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Türkiye
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- Department of Allergy and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Türkiye; Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Türkiye
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- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Türkiye
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- Department of Allergy and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Türkiye; Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Türkiye
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- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Türkiye
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Türkiye
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Türkiye
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Türkiye
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Türkiye
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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- Department of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Türkiye.
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Gupta K, Kaur G, Pathak T, Banerjee I. Systematic review and meta-analysis of human genetic variants contributing to COVID-19 susceptibility and severity. Gene 2022; 844:146790. [PMID: 35987511 PMCID: PMC9384365 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2022.146790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2022] [Revised: 07/25/2022] [Accepted: 08/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The COVID-19 pandemic has spawned global health crisis of unprecedented magnitude, claiming millions of lives and pushing healthcare systems in many countries to the brink. Among several factors that contribute to an increased risk of COVID-19 and progression to exacerbated manifestations, host genetic landscape is increasingly being recognized as a critical determinant of susceptibility/resistance to infection and a prognosticator of clinical outcomes in infected individuals. Recently, several case-control association studies investigated the influence of human gene variants on COVID-19 susceptibility and severity to identify the culpable mutations. However, a comprehensive synthesis of the recent advances in COVID-19 host genetics research was lacking, and the inconsistent findings of the association studies required reliable evaluation of the strength of association with greater statistical power. In this study, we embarked on a systematic search of all possible reports of genetic association with COVID-19 till April 07, 2022, and performed meta-analyses of all the genetic polymorphisms that were examined in at least three studies. After identifying a total of 84 studies that investigated the association of 130 polymorphisms in 61 genes, we performed meta-analyses of all the eligible studies. Seven genetic polymorphisms involving 15,550 cases and 444,007 controls were explored for association with COVID-19 susceptibility, of which, ACE1 I/D rs4646994/rs1799752, APOE rs429358, CCR5 rs333, and IFITM3 rs12252 showed increased risk of infection. Meta-analyses of 11 gene variants involving 6702 patients with severe COVID-19 and 8640 infected individuals with non-severe manifestations revealed statistically significant association of ACE2 rs2285666, ACE2 rs2106809, ACE2 rs2074192, AGTR1 rs5186, and TNFA rs1800629 with COVID-19 severity. Overall, our study presents a synthesis of evidence on all the genetic determinants implicated in COVID-19 to date, and provides evidence of correlation between the above polymorphisms with COVID-19 susceptibility and severity.
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- Cellular Virology Lab, Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali (IISER Mohali), Sector 81, S.A.S Nagar, Mohali 140306, India.
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Fischer JC, Balz V, Jazmati D, Bölke E, Freise NF, Keitel V, Feldt T, Jensen BEO, Bode J, Lüdde T, Häussinger D, Adams O, Schneider EM, Enczmann J, Rox JM, Hermsen D, Schulze-Bosse K, Kindgen-Milles D, Knoefel WT, van Griensven M, Haussmann J, Tamaskovics B, Plettenberg C, Scheckenbach K, Corradini S, Pedoto A, Maas K, Schmidt L, Grebe O, Esposito I, Ehrhardt A, Peiper M, Buhren BA, Calles C, Stöhr A, Gerber PA, Lichtenberg A, Schelzig H, Flaig Y, Rezazadeh A, Budach W, Matuschek C. Prognostic markers for the clinical course in the blood of patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Eur J Med Res 2022; 27:255. [PMID: 36411478 PMCID: PMC9676819 DOI: 10.1186/s40001-022-00864-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 10/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The presentation of peptides and the subsequent immune response depend on the MHC characteristics and influence the specificity of the immune response. Several studies have found an association between HLA variants and differential COVID-19 outcomes and have shown that HLA genotypes are associated with differential immune responses against SARS-CoV-2, particularly in severely ill patients. Information, whether HLA haplotypes are associated with the severity or length of the disease in moderately diseased individuals is absent. METHODS Next-generation sequencing-based HLA typing was performed in 303 female and 231 male non-hospitalized North Rhine Westphalian patients infected with SARS-CoV2 during the first and second wave. For HLA-Class I, we obtained results from 528 patients, and for HLA-Class II from 531. In those patients, who became ill between March 2020 and January 2021, the 22 most common HLA-Class I (HLA-A, -B, -C) or HLA-Class II (HLA -DRB1/3/4, -DQA1, -DQB1) haplotypes were determined. The identified HLA haplotypes as well as the presence of a CCR5Δ32 mutation and number of O and A blood group alleles were associated to disease severity and duration of the disease. RESULTS The influence of the HLA haplotypes on disease severity and duration was more pronounced than the influence of age, sex, or ABO blood group. These associations were sex dependent. The presence of mutated CCR5 resulted in a longer recovery period in males. CONCLUSION The existence of certain HLA haplotypes is associated with more severe disease.
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- Johannes C. Fischer
- grid.14778.3d0000 0000 8922 7789Institute for Transplant Diagnostics and Cell Therapeutics, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- grid.14778.3d0000 0000 8922 7789Institute for Transplant Diagnostics and Cell Therapeutics, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- grid.14778.3d0000 0000 8922 7789Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- grid.14778.3d0000 0000 8922 7789Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- grid.14778.3d0000 0000 8922 7789Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- grid.14778.3d0000 0000 8922 7789Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- grid.14778.3d0000 0000 8922 7789Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- grid.14778.3d0000 0000 8922 7789Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- grid.14778.3d0000 0000 8922 7789Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- grid.14778.3d0000 0000 8922 7789Institute for Virology, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- grid.14778.3d0000 0000 8922 7789Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- grid.14778.3d0000 0000 8922 7789Institute for Virology, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- grid.410712.10000 0004 0473 882XDivision of Experimental Anesthesiology, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- grid.14778.3d0000 0000 8922 7789Institute for Transplant Diagnostics and Cell Therapeutics, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- grid.14778.3d0000 0000 8922 7789Institute for Transplant Diagnostics and Cell Therapeutics, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- grid.14778.3d0000 0000 8922 7789Central Institute for Laboratory Diagnostics and Clinical Chemistry, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- grid.14778.3d0000 0000 8922 7789Central Institute for Laboratory Diagnostics and Clinical Chemistry, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- grid.14778.3d0000 0000 8922 7789Department of Anesthesiology, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- grid.14778.3d0000 0000 8922 7789Department of Surgery and Interdisciplinary Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- grid.5012.60000 0001 0481 6099Department cBITE, MERLN Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- grid.14778.3d0000 0000 8922 7789Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- grid.14778.3d0000 0000 8922 7789Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- grid.14778.3d0000 0000 8922 7789Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Disease, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- grid.14778.3d0000 0000 8922 7789Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Disease, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- grid.5252.00000 0004 1936 973XDepartment of Radiation Oncology, LMU University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- grid.51462.340000 0001 2171 9952Department of Anesthesiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY USA
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- grid.14778.3d0000 0000 8922 7789Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- grid.14778.3d0000 0000 8922 7789Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Rhythmology, Petrus Hospital, Wuppertal, Germany
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- grid.14778.3d0000 0000 8922 7789Institute of Pathology, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- grid.412581.b0000 0000 9024 6397Institute of Virology, University of Witten/Herdecke, Witten, Germany
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- grid.14778.3d0000 0000 8922 7789Medical Faculty, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- grid.14778.3d0000 0000 8922 7789Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- grid.14778.3d0000 0000 8922 7789Coordination Center for Clinical Studies, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- grid.14778.3d0000 0000 8922 7789Coordination Center for Clinical Studies, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- grid.14778.3d0000 0000 8922 7789Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- grid.14778.3d0000 0000 8922 7789Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- grid.14778.3d0000 0000 8922 7789Department of Vascular Surgery, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- grid.14778.3d0000 0000 8922 7789Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- grid.14778.3d0000 0000 8922 7789Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- grid.14778.3d0000 0000 8922 7789Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- grid.14778.3d0000 0000 8922 7789Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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Vitello GA, Federico C, Bruno F, Vinci M, Musumeci A, Ragalmuto A, Sturiale V, Brancato D, Calì F, Saccone S. Allelic Variations in the Human Genes TMPRSS2 and CCR5, and the Resistance to Viral Infection by SARS-CoV-2. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23169171. [PMID: 36012436 PMCID: PMC9409186 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23169171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2022] [Revised: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 08/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
During the first wave of COVID-19 infection in Italy, the number of cases and the mortality rates were among the highest compared to the rest of Europe and the world. Several studies demonstrated a severe clinical course of COVID-19 associated with old age, comorbidities, and male gender. However, there are cases of virus infection resistance in subjects living in close contact with infected subjects. Thus, to explain the predisposition to virus infection and to COVID-19 disease progression, we must consider, in addition to the genetic variability of the virus and other environmental or comorbidity conditions, the allelic variants of specific human genes, directly or indirectly related to the life cycle of the virus. Here, we analyzed three human genetic polymorphisms belonging to the TMPRSS2 and CCR5 genes in a sample population from Sicily (Italy) to investigate possible correlations with the resistance to viral infection and/or to COVID-19 disease progression as recently described in other human populations. Our results did not show any correlations of the rs35074065, rs12329760, and rs333 polymorphisms with SARS-CoV-2 infection or with COVID-19 disease severity. Further studies on other human genetic polymorphisms should be performed to identify the major human determinants of SARS-CoV-2 viral resistance.
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- Department Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Catania, Via Androne 81, 95124 Catania, Italy
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- Department Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Catania, Via Androne 81, 95124 Catania, Italy
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- Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, Via Conte Ruggero 73, 94018 Troina, Italy
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- Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, Via Conte Ruggero 73, 94018 Troina, Italy
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- Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, Via Conte Ruggero 73, 94018 Troina, Italy
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- Department Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Catania, Via Androne 81, 95124 Catania, Italy
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- Department Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Catania, Via Androne 81, 95124 Catania, Italy
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- Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, Via Conte Ruggero 73, 94018 Troina, Italy
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- Department Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Catania, Via Androne 81, 95124 Catania, Italy
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Dieter C, Brondani LDA, Leitão CB, Gerchman F, Lemos NE, Crispim D. Genetic polymorphisms associated with susceptibility to COVID-19 disease and severity: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0270627. [PMID: 35793369 PMCID: PMC9258831 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0270627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2022] [Accepted: 06/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Although advanced age and presence of comorbidities significantly impact the variation observed in the clinical symptoms of COVID-19, it has been suggested that genetic variants may also be involved in the disease. Thus, the aim of this study was to perform a systematic review with meta-analysis of the literature to identify genetic polymorphisms that are likely to contribute to COVID-19 pathogenesis. Pubmed, Embase and GWAS Catalog repositories were systematically searched to retrieve articles that investigated associations between polymorphisms and COVID-19. For polymorphisms analyzed in 3 or more studies, pooled OR with 95% CI were calculated using random or fixed effect models in the Stata Software. Sixty-four eligible articles were included in this review. In total, 8 polymorphisms in 7 candidate genes and 74 alleles of the HLA loci were analyzed in 3 or more studies. The HLA-A*30 and CCR5 rs333Del alleles were associated with protection against COVID-19 infection, while the APOE rs429358C allele was associated with risk for this disease. Regarding COVID-19 severity, the HLA-A*33, ACE1 Ins, and TMPRSS2 rs12329760T alleles were associated with protection against severe forms, while the HLA-B*38, HLA-C*6, and ApoE rs429358C alleles were associated with risk for severe forms of COVID-19. In conclusion, polymorphisms in the ApoE, ACE1, TMPRSS2, CCR5, and HLA loci appear to be involved in the susceptibility to and/or severity of COVID-19.
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- Cristine Dieter
- Endocrine and Metabolism Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences: Endocrinology, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Endocrine and Metabolism Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences: Endocrinology, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Endocrine and Metabolism Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences: Endocrinology, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Endocrine and Metabolism Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences: Endocrinology, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Endocrine and Metabolism Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences: Endocrinology, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Endocrine and Metabolism Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences: Endocrinology, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Dogan S, Mart Komurcu SZ, Korkmaz MD, Kaya E, Yavas S, Dogan S, Senturk Ciftci H, Dasdemir S. Effect of Chemokine Gene Variants on Covid-19 Disease Severity. Immunol Invest 2022; 51:1965-1974. [PMID: 35763308 DOI: 10.1080/08820139.2022.2088383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Patients immune phenotype/genotype data may be useful to understand the molecular mechanisms involved in SARS-CoV-2 infection and can contribute to the identify the different levels of disease severity. The roles of chemokines have been reported in the coronavirus-related diseases SARS and MERS and they may likewise play a critical role in the development of the symptoms of COVID-19 disease. We analyzed the association of the MCP-1-A2518 G, SDF-1-3'A, CCR5-delta32, CCR5-A55029 G, CXCR4-C138T and CCR2-V64I gene polymorphisms with COVID-19 severity to further unveil the immunological pathways leading to disease severity and death. Polymerase chain reaction(PCR)/Sanger sequencing analysis was performed for detection of the variations in 60 asymptomatic and 119 severe COVID-19 patients. In our study, we found that the frequencies of MCP-1 of GA genotype and G allele carriers were significantly higher in severe COVID-19 patients than the asymptomatic COVID-19 patients (p < .0001 and p: .005, respectively). However, no significant association was found for any of the other polymorphisms with the severity of COVID-19. Our findings suggest that there is a positive association between MCP-1-A2518 G gene variants with the severity of COVID-19. However, larger studies in different population which will focus on gene expression levels will help us to understand the capability of the mechanism role.
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- Seydanur Dogan
- Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Biology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Biology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Biology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Files DC, Tacke F, O’Sullivan A, Dorr P, Ferguson WG, Powderly WG. Rationale of using the dual chemokine receptor CCR2/CCR5 inhibitor cenicriviroc for the treatment of COVID-19. PLoS Pathog 2022; 18:e1010547. [PMID: 35749425 PMCID: PMC9231801 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has created a global pandemic infecting over 230 million people and costing millions of lives. Therapies to attenuate severe disease are desperately needed. Cenicriviroc (CVC), a C-C chemokine receptor type 5 (CCR5) and C-C chemokine receptor type 2 (CCR2) antagonist, an agent previously studied in advanced clinical trials for patients with HIV or nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), may have the potential to reduce respiratory and cardiovascular organ failures related to COVID-19. Inhibiting the CCR2 and CCR5 pathways could attenuate or prevent inflammation or fibrosis in both early and late stages of the disease and improve outcomes of COVID-19. Clinical trials using CVC either in addition to standard of care (SoC; e.g., dexamethasone) or in combination with other investigational agents in patients with COVID-19 are currently ongoing. These trials intend to leverage the anti-inflammatory actions of CVC for ameliorating the clinical course of COVID-19 and prevent complications. This article reviews the literature surrounding the CCR2 and CCR5 pathways, their proposed role in COVID-19, and the potential role of CVC to improve outcomes.
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- Daniel Clark Files
- Department of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Immunology Section, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Medical Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow-Klinikum and Campus Charité Mitte, Berlin, Germany
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- AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- John T. Milliken Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). There is growing evidence that host genetics play an important role in COVID-19 severity. Based on current knowledge about the human protein machinery for SARS-CoV-2 entry, the host innate immune response, and virus-host interactions, the potential effects of human genetic polymorphisms, which may contribute to clinical differences in SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis, may help to determine the individual risk for COVID-19 infection and outcome.
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- Joris R Delanghe
- Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
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- Department of Nephrology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium; Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO), Brussels, Belgium
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Hubacek JA. Effects of selected inherited factors on susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 progression. Physiol Res 2021; 70:S125-S134. [PMID: 34913347 DOI: 10.33549/physiolres.934730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Genetic predispositions may influence geographical and interethnic differences in COVID-19 prevalence and mortality in affected populations. Of the many genes implicated in COVID-19 progression, a substantial number have no direct functional link on virus transfer/viability or on the host immune system. To address this knowledge deficit, a large number of in silico studies have recently been published. However, the results of these studies often contradict the findings of studies involving real patients. For example, the ACE2 has been shown to play an important role in regulating coronavirus entry into cells, but none of its variations have been directly associated with COVID-19 susceptibility or severity. Consistently was reported that increased risk of COVID-19 is associated with blood group A and with the APOE4 allele. Among other genes with potential impacts are the genes for CCR5, IL-10, CD14, TMPRSS2 and angiotensin-converting enzyme. Variants within the protein-coding genes OAS1 and LZTFL1 (transferred to the human genome from Neanderthals) are understood to be among the strongest predictors of disease severity. The intensive research efforts have helped to identify the genes and polymorphisms that contribute to SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 severity.
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- J A Hubacek
- Experimental Medicine Centre, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague 4, Czech Republic.
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Starcevic Cizmarevic N, Kapovic M, Roncevic D, Ristic S. Could the CCR5-Delta32 mutation be protective in SARS-CoV-2 infection? Physiol Res 2021; 70:S249-S252. [PMID: 34913355 DOI: 10.33549/physiolres.934725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Increasing evidence points to host genetics as a factor in COVID-19 prevalence and outcome. CCR5 is a receptor for proinflammatory chemokines that are involved in host responses, especially to viruses. The CCR5-delta32 minor allele is an interesting variant, given the role of CCR5 in some viral infections, particularly HIV-1. Recent studies of the impact of CCR5-delta32 on COVID-19 risk and severity have yielded contradictory results. This ecologic study shows that the CCR5-delta32 allelic frequency in a European population was significantly negatively correlated with the number of COVID-19 cases (p=0.035) and deaths (p=0.006) during the second pandemic wave. These results suggest that CCR5-delta32 may be protective against SARS-CoV-2 infection, as it is against HIV infection, and could be predictive of COVID-19 risk and severity. Further studies based on samples from populations of different genetic backgrounds are needed to validate these statistically obtained findings.
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- N Starcevic Cizmarevic
- Department of Medical Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Medicine University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia.
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Varela AA, Cheng S, Werren JH. Novel ACE2 protein interactions relevant to COVID-19 predicted by evolutionary rate correlations. PeerJ 2021; 9:e12159. [PMID: 34616619 PMCID: PMC8449537 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.12159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2021] [Accepted: 08/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is the cell receptor that the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 binds to and uses to enter and infect human cells. COVID-19, the pandemic disease caused by the coronavirus, involves diverse pathologies beyond those of a respiratory disease, including micro-thrombosis (micro-clotting), cytokine storms, and inflammatory responses affecting many organ systems. Longer-term chronic illness can persist for many months, often well after the pathogen is no longer detected. A better understanding of the proteins that ACE2 interacts with can reveal information relevant to these disease manifestations and possible avenues for treatment. We have undertaken an approach to predict candidate ACE2 interacting proteins which uses evolutionary inference to identify a set of mammalian proteins that “coevolve” with ACE2. The approach, called evolutionary rate correlation (ERC), detects proteins that show highly correlated evolutionary rates during mammalian evolution. Such proteins are candidates for biological interactions with the ACE2 receptor. The approach has uncovered a number of key ACE2 protein interactions of potential relevance to COVID-19 pathologies. Some proteins have previously been reported to be associated with severe COVID-19, but are not currently known to interact with ACE2, while additional predicted novel ACE2 interactors are of potential relevance to the disease. Using reciprocal rankings of protein ERCs, we have identified strongly interconnected ACE2 associated protein networks relevant to COVID-19 pathologies. ACE2 has clear connections to coagulation pathway proteins, such as Coagulation Factor V and fibrinogen components FGA, FGB, and FGG, the latter possibly mediated through ACE2 connections to Clusterin (which clears misfolded extracellular proteins) and GPR141 (whose functions are relatively unknown). ACE2 also connects to proteins involved in cytokine signaling and immune response (e.g. XCR1, IFNAR2 and TLR8), and to Androgen Receptor (AR). The ERC prescreening approach has elucidated possible functions for relatively uncharacterized proteins and possible new functions for well-characterized ones. Suggestions are made for the validation of ERC-predicted ACE2 protein interactions. We propose that ACE2 has novel protein interactions that are disrupted during SARS-CoV-2 infection, contributing to the spectrum of COVID-19 pathologies.
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- Austin A Varela
- Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States
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- Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States
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- Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States
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Colona VL, Vasiliou V, Watt J, Novelli G, Reichardt JKV. Update on human genetic susceptibility to COVID-19: susceptibility to virus and response. Hum Genomics 2021; 15:57. [PMID: 34429158 PMCID: PMC8384585 DOI: 10.1186/s40246-021-00356-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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- Vito Luigi Colona
- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, "Tor Vergata" University of Rome, 00133, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, USA
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- College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Smithfield, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, "Tor Vergata" University of Rome, 00133, Rome, Italy
- IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, IS, Italy
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, 89557, USA
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- Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Smithfield, QLD, 4878, Australia.
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Cuesta-Llavona E, Gómez J, Albaiceta GM, Amado-Rodríguez L, García-Clemente M, Gutiérrez-Rodríguez J, López-Alonso I, Hermida T, Enríquez AI, Hernández-González C, Gil-Peña H, Domínguez-Garrido E, Pérez-Oliveira S, Alvarez V, López-Larrea C, Suarez-Alvarez B, Tranche S, Jimeno-Demuth FJ, Coto E. Variant-genetic and transcript-expression analysis showed a role for the chemokine-receptor CCR5 in COVID-19 severity. Int Immunopharmacol 2021; 98:107825. [PMID: 34116286 PMCID: PMC8169316 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2021.107825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2021] [Revised: 05/12/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The chemokine receptor CCR5 has been implicated in COVID-19. CCR5 and its ligands are overexpressed in patients. The pharmacological targeting of CCR5 would improve the COVID-19 severity. We sought to investigate the role of the CCR5-Δ32 variant (rs333) in COVID-19. The CCR5-Δ32 was genotyped in 801 patients (353 in the intensive care unit, ICU) and 660 healthy controls, and the deletion was significantly less frequent in hospitalysed COVID-19 than in healthy controls (p = 0.01, OR = 0.66, 95%CI = 0.49–0.88). Of note, we did not find homozygotes among the patients, compared to 1% of the controls. The CCR5 transcript was measured in leukocytes from 85 patients and 40 controls. We found a significantly higher expression of the CCR5 transcript among the patients, with significant difference when comparing the non-deletion carriers (controls = 35; patients = 81; p = 0.01). ICU-patients showed non-significantly higher expression than no-ICU cases. Our study points to CCR5 as a genetic marker for COVID-19. The pharmacological targeting of CCR5 should be a promising treatment for COVID-19.
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- Elías Cuesta-Llavona
- Genética Molecular, Hospital Universitario Central Asturias, Oviedo, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado deAsturias, ISPA, Oviedo, Spain
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- Genética Molecular, Hospital Universitario Central Asturias, Oviedo, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado deAsturias, ISPA, Oviedo, Spain
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- Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Cardiológicos, Hospital Universitario Central Asturias, Oviedo, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado deAsturias, ISPA, Oviedo, Spain; Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain; CIBER-Enfermedades Respiratorias. Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Instituto Universitario de Oncología del Principado de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Cardiológicos, Hospital Universitario Central Asturias, Oviedo, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado deAsturias, ISPA, Oviedo, Spain; Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain; CIBER-Enfermedades Respiratorias. Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Instituto Universitario de Oncología del Principado de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Neumología, Hospital Universitario Central Asturias, Oviedo, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado deAsturias, ISPA, Oviedo, Spain
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- Geriatría, Hospital Monte Naranco, Oviedo, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado deAsturias, ISPA, Oviedo, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado deAsturias, ISPA, Oviedo, Spain; Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
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- Neumología, Hospital Universitario Central Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Neumología, Hospital Universitario Central Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Genética Molecular, Hospital Universitario Central Asturias, Oviedo, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado deAsturias, ISPA, Oviedo, Spain
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- Genética Molecular, Hospital Universitario Central Asturias, Oviedo, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado deAsturias, ISPA, Oviedo, Spain
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- Translation Immunology Laboratory, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias-ISPA, Oviedo, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado deAsturias, ISPA, Oviedo, Spain; Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain; Red de Investigación Renal (REDINREN), Madrid, Spain
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- Translation Immunology Laboratory, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias-ISPA, Oviedo, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado deAsturias, ISPA, Oviedo, Spain
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- Centro Salud El cristo, Oviedo, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado deAsturias, ISPA, Oviedo, Spain
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- Genética Molecular, Hospital Universitario Central Asturias, Oviedo, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado deAsturias, ISPA, Oviedo, Spain; Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain; Red de Investigación Renal (REDINREN), Madrid, Spain.
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