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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2020

Deciphering the Role of Host Genetics in Susceptibility to Severe COVID-19.

Madalina Elena Carter-Timofte, Sofie Eg Jørgensen, Mette Ratzer Freytag, Michelle Mølgaard Thomsen, Nanna-Sophie Brinck Andersen, Ali Al-Mousawi, Alon Schneider Hait, Trine H Mogensen

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In one paragraph

Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04750330 (Mitochondrial DNA and Nuclear SNPs to Predict Severity of COVID-19 Infection), which is not on this map. Cited by 34 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
34citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04750330 completednot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

Mitochondrial DNA and Nuclear SNPs to Predict Severity of COVID-19 Infection

TypeobservationalSponsorMaastricht UniversityRan2021 to 2023Enrolled394ConditionsCovid19
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021
    Pooled it
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  3. Defective RNA Polymerase III sensing of mitochondrial DNA in pulmonary epithelial cells impairs type I IFN immunity to SARS-CoV-2.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  6. The molecular mechanisms of CD8Frontiers in immunology · 2024
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  7. Participation of Single-Nucleotide Variants inPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  15. Exploring the ethics of genetic prioritisation for COVID-19 vaccines.European journal of human genetics : EJHG · 2022
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  18. Coronavirus Host Genomics Study: South Africa (COVIGen-SA).Global health, epidemiology and genomics · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Madalina Elena Carter-TimofteDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Sofie Eg JørgensenDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Mette Ratzer FreytagDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Michelle Mølgaard ThomsenDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Nanna-Sophie Brinck AndersenDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Ali Al-MousawiDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Alon Schneider HaitDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Trine H MogensenDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Aarhus University · DKAarhus University Hospital · DK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) describes a set of symptoms that develop following infection by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Whilst COVID-19 disease is most serious in patients with significant co-morbidities, the reason for healthy individuals succumbing to fulminant infection is largely unexplained. In this review, we discuss the most recent findings in terms of clinical features and the host immune response, and suggest candidate immune pathways that may be compromised in otherwise healthy individuals with fulminating COVID-19. On the basis of this early knowledge we reason a potential genetic effect on host immune response pathways leading to increased susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection. Understanding these pathways may help not only in unraveling disease pathogenesis, but also in suggesting targets for therapy and prophylaxis. Importantly such insight should instruct efforts to identify those at increased risk in order to institute preventative measures, such as prophylactic medication and/or vaccination, when such opportunities arise in the later phases of the current pandemic or during future similar pandemics.

Indexed as

BetacoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsGenetic Predisposition to DiseasePandemicsPneumonia, ViralCOVID-19HumansSARS-CoV-2Severity of Illness Indexhost immune defensesimmunopathologyinnate immunityprimary immunodeficiencySARS-coronavirus 2whole exome sequencing

Identifiers

PMID32695122
PMCPMC7338588
OpenAlexW3039382661

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