ArticleJournal of medical virology2025
Genetic Variants Affect Distinct Metabolic Pathways in Pediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome and Severe COVID-19.
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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has triggered a global health crisis, with over 700 million confirmed cases and at least 7 million deaths reported by early 2024. Children are less vulnerable to severe SARS-CoV-2 infection than adults and typically experience milder respiratory symptoms. However, a rare but significant complication, known as multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), can develop weeks after infection, characterized by a spectrum of inflammatory symptoms. This study employed whole-exome sequencing and over-representation analysis to identify genetic variants of potential clinical significance related to MIS-C or severe COVID-19 in a group of children with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), all of whom were unvaccinated for COVID-19. We observed the enrichment of potentially pathogenic genetic variants in genes related to carbohydrate metabolism, particularly glycogen breakdown, in severe COVID-19 pediatric patients, and in genes related to cholesterol and lipoprotein metabolism in MIS-C patients. These findings offer insights into the genetic underpinnings of MIS-C and severe COVID-19, suggesting potential genes and biological pathways for further research.
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