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The role of host genetics in susceptibility to severe viral infections in humans and insights into host genetics of severe COVID-19: A systematic review.
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59 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 92 citations in OpenAlex.
- Genetic and Epigenetic Determinants of COVID-19 Susceptibility: A Systematic Review.Current medicinal chemistry · 2025Pooled it
- Genetic polymorphisms associated with susceptibility to COVID-19 disease and severity: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2022Pooled it
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of host genetic factors associated with influenza severity.BMC genomics · 2021Pooled it
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- Severity of oxidative stress as a hallmark in COVID-19 patients.European journal of medical research · 2023Article
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- Role of FokI rs2228570 and Tru9I rs757343 Polymorphisms in the Mortality of Patients Infected with Different Variants of SARS-CoV-2.Archives of medical research · 2023Article
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- Influence of polymorphic variations of IFNL, HLA, and IL-6 genes in severe cases of COVID-19.Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2023Review
- Better safe than sorry-Whole-genome sequencing indicates that missense variants are significant in susceptibility to COVID-19.PloS one · 2023Article
- Autoimmunity and Immunodeficiency in Severe SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Prolonged COVID-19.Current issues in molecular biology · 2022Review
- Association of Toll-like receptor-4 polymorphism with SARS CoV-2 infection in Kurdish Population.Human gene (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2022Article
- Biosensors based detection of novel biomarkers associated with COVID-19: Current progress and future promise.Biosensors & bioelectronics: X · 2022Review
- Correlation between Type I Interferon Associated Factors and COVID-19 Severity.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundSusceptibility to severe viral infections was reported to be associated with genetic variants in immune response genes using case reports and GWAS studies. SARS-CoV-2 is an emergent viral disease that caused millions of COVID-19 cases all over the world. Around 15 % of cases are severe and some of them are accompanied by dysregulated immune system and cytokine storm. There is increasing evidence that severe manifestations of COVID-19 might be attributed to human genetic variants in genes related to immune deficiency and or inflammasome activation (cytokine storm).
objectiveIdentify the candidate genes that are likely to aid in explaining severe COVID-19 and provide insights to understand the pathogenesis of severe COVID-19.
methodsIn this article, we systematically reviewed genes related to viral susceptibility that were reported in human genetic studies (Case-reports and GWAS) to understand the role of host viral interactions and to provide insights into the pathogenesis of severe COVID-19.
resultsWe found 40 genes associated with viral susceptibility and 21 of them were associated with severe SARS-CoV disease and severe COVID-19. Some of those genes were implicated in TLR pathways, others in C-lectin pathways, and others were related to inflammasome activation (cytokine storm).
conclusionThis compilation represents a list of candidate genes that are likely to aid in explaining severe COVID-19 which are worthy of inclusion in gene panels and during meta-analysis of different variants in host genetics studies of COVID-19. In addition, we provide several hypotheses for severe COVID-19 and possible therapeutic targets.
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