1. Novel risk loci for COVID-19 hospitalization among admixed American populations
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Silvia Diz-de Almeida, Raquel Cruz, Andre D Luchessi, José M Lorenzo-Salazar, Miguel López de Heredia, Inés Quintela, Rafaela González-Montelongo, Vivian Nogueira Silbiger, Marta Sevilla Porras, Jair Antonio Tenorio Castaño, Julian Nevado, Jose María Aguado, Carlos Aguilar, Sergio Aguilera-Albesa, Virginia Almadana, Berta Almoguera, Nuria Alvarez, Álvaro Andreu-Bernabeu, Eunate Arana-Arri, Celso Arango, María J Arranz, Maria-Jesus Artiga, Raúl C Baptista-Rosas, María Barreda- Sánchez, Moncef Belhassen-Garcia, Joao F Bezerra, Marcos AC Bezerra, Lucía Boix-Palop, María Brion, Ramón Brugada, Matilde Bustos, Enrique J Calderón, Cristina Carbonell, Luis Castano, Jose E Castelao, Rosa Conde-Vicente, M Lourdes Cordero-Lorenzana, Jose L Cortes-Sanchez, Marta Corton, M Teresa Darnaude, Alba De Martino-Rodríguez, Victor del Campo-Pérez, Aranzazu Diaz de Bustamante, Elena Domínguez-Garrido, Rocío Eirós, María Carmen Fariñas, María J Fernandez-Nestosa, Uxía Fernández-Robelo, Amanda Fernández-Rodríguez, Tania Fernández-Villa, Manuela Gago-Dominguez, Belén Gil-Fournier, Javier Gómez-Arrue, Beatriz González Álvarez, Fernan Gonzalez Bernaldo de Quirós, Anna González-Neira, Javier González-Peñas, Juan F Gutiérrez-Bautista, María José Herrero, Antonio Herrero-Gonzalez, María A Jimenez-Sousa, María Claudia Lattig, Anabel Liger Borja, Rosario Lopez-Rodriguez, Esther Mancebo, Caridad Martín-López, Vicente Martín, Oscar Martinez-Nieto, Iciar Martinez-Lopez, Michel F Martinez-Resendez, Angel Martinez-Perez, Juliana F Mazzeu, Eleuterio Merayo Macías, Pablo Minguez, Victor Moreno Cuerda, Silviene F Oliveira, Eva Ortega-Paino, Mara Parellada, Estela Paz-Artal, Ney PC Santos, Patricia Pérez-Matute, Patricia Perez, M Elena Pérez-Tomás, Teresa Perucho, Mellina Pinsach-Abuin, Guillermo Pita, Ericka N Pompa-Mera, Gloria L Porras-Hurtado, Aurora Pujol, Soraya Ramiro León, Salvador Resino, Marianne R Fernandes, Emilio Rodríguez-Ruiz, Fernando Rodriguez-Artalejo, José A Rodriguez-Garcia, Francisco Ruiz-Cabello, Javier Ruiz-Hornillos, Pablo Ryan, José Manuel Soria, Juan Carlos Souto, Eduardo Tamayo, Alvaro Tamayo-Velasco, Juan Carlos Taracido-Fernandez, Alejandro Teper, Lilian Torres-Tobar, Miguel Urioste, Juan Valencia-Ramos, Zuleima Yáñez, Ruth Zarate, Itziar de Rojas, Agustín Ruiz, Pascual Sánchez, Luis Miguel Real, SCOURGE Cohort Group, Encarna Guillen-Navarro, Carmen Ayuso, Esteban Parra, José A Riancho, Augusto Rojas-Martinez, Carlos Flores, Pablo Lapunzina, and Ángel Carracedo
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GWAS ,COVID-19 ,SNP ,Medicine ,Science ,Biology (General) ,QH301-705.5 - Abstract
The genetic basis of severe COVID-19 has been thoroughly studied, and many genetic risk factors shared between populations have been identified. However, reduced sample sizes from non-European groups have limited the discovery of population-specific common risk loci. In this second study nested in the SCOURGE consortium, we conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for COVID-19 hospitalization in admixed Americans, comprising a total of 4702 hospitalized cases recruited by SCOURGE and seven other participating studies in the COVID-19 Host Genetic Initiative. We identified four genome-wide significant associations, two of which constitute novel loci and were first discovered in Latin American populations (BAZ2B and DDIAS). A trans-ethnic meta-analysis revealed another novel cross-population risk locus in CREBBP. Finally, we assessed the performance of a cross-ancestry polygenic risk score in the SCOURGE admixed American cohort. This study constitutes the largest GWAS for COVID-19 hospitalization in admixed Latin Americans conducted to date. This allowed to reveal novel risk loci and emphasize the need of considering the diversity of populations in genomic research.
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- 2024
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