1. Genomic Characterization of Host Factors Related to SARS-CoV-2 Infection in People with Dementia and Control Populations: The GR@ACE/DEGESCO Study
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Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Grifols, La Caixa, Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona, Centro Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (España), Fundación Reina Sofía, European Commission, Rojas, Itziar de [0000-0002-2148-381X], Calero, Miguel [0000-0001-5366-3324], Menéndez-González, Manuel [0000-0002-5218-0774], Díez-Fairen, Mónica [0000-0003-1882-0309], Rábano, Alberto [0000-0001-9320-6566], Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Eloy [0000-0001-7742-677X], Álvarez, Ignacio [0000-0002-8537-3935], Bullido, María Jesús [0000-0002-6477-1117], Álvarez, Victoria [0000-0002-1916-2523], Real, Luis M. [0000-0003-4932-7429], Medina, Miguel [0000-0002-7016-5340], Butler, Christopher R. [0000-0002-7502-9284], Sáez, María Eugenia [0000-0001-9299-2534], Carracedo, Ángel [0000-0003-1085-8986], Ruiz, Agustín [0000-0003-2633-2495], Rojas, Itziar de, Hernández, Isabel, Montrreal, Laura, Quintela, Inés, Calero, Miguel, Royo, José Luis, Huerto Vilas, Raquel, González-Pérez, Antonio, Franco-Macías, Emilio, Macías Sánchez, Juan, Menéndez-González, Manuel, Frank-García, Ana, Díez-Fairen, Mónica, Lage, Carmen, García-Madrona, Sebastián, Aguilera, Nuria, García-González, Pablo, Puerta, Raquel, Sotolongo-Grau, Oscar, Alonso-Lana, Silvia, Rábano, Alberto, Arias Pastor, Alfonso, Pastor, Ana Belén, Corma-Gómez, Anaïs, Martin Montes, Ángel, Martínez Rodríguez, Carmen, Buiza-Rueda, Dolores, Periñán, María Teresa, Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Eloy, Álvarez, Ignacio, Rosas Allende, Irene, Pineda, Juan A., Bernal Sánchez-Arjona, María, Fernández-Fuertes, Marta, Mendoza, Silvia, Ser, Teodoro del, GR@ACE, DEGESCO Consortium, García-Ribas, Guillermo, Sánchez-Juan, Pascual, Pastor, Pau, Bullido, María Jesús, Álvarez, Victoria, Real, Luis Miguel, Mir, Pablo, Piñol-Ripoll, Gerard, García-Alberca, José María, Medina, Miguel, Orellana, Adelina, Butler, Christopher R., Marquié, Marta, Sáez, María Eugenia, Carracedo, Ángel, Tárraga, Lluís, Boada, Mercè, Ruiz, Agustín, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Grifols, La Caixa, Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona, Centro Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (España), Fundación Reina Sofía, European Commission, Rojas, Itziar de [0000-0002-2148-381X], Calero, Miguel [0000-0001-5366-3324], Menéndez-González, Manuel [0000-0002-5218-0774], Díez-Fairen, Mónica [0000-0003-1882-0309], Rábano, Alberto [0000-0001-9320-6566], Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Eloy [0000-0001-7742-677X], Álvarez, Ignacio [0000-0002-8537-3935], Bullido, María Jesús [0000-0002-6477-1117], Álvarez, Victoria [0000-0002-1916-2523], Real, Luis M. [0000-0003-4932-7429], Medina, Miguel [0000-0002-7016-5340], Butler, Christopher R. [0000-0002-7502-9284], Sáez, María Eugenia [0000-0001-9299-2534], Carracedo, Ángel [0000-0003-1085-8986], Ruiz, Agustín [0000-0003-2633-2495], Rojas, Itziar de, Hernández, Isabel, Montrreal, Laura, Quintela, Inés, Calero, Miguel, Royo, José Luis, Huerto Vilas, Raquel, González-Pérez, Antonio, Franco-Macías, Emilio, Macías Sánchez, Juan, Menéndez-González, Manuel, Frank-García, Ana, Díez-Fairen, Mónica, Lage, Carmen, García-Madrona, Sebastián, Aguilera, Nuria, García-González, Pablo, Puerta, Raquel, Sotolongo-Grau, Oscar, Alonso-Lana, Silvia, Rábano, Alberto, Arias Pastor, Alfonso, Pastor, Ana Belén, Corma-Gómez, Anaïs, Martin Montes, Ángel, Martínez Rodríguez, Carmen, Buiza-Rueda, Dolores, Periñán, María Teresa, Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Eloy, Álvarez, Ignacio, Rosas Allende, Irene, Pineda, Juan A., Bernal Sánchez-Arjona, María, Fernández-Fuertes, Marta, Mendoza, Silvia, Ser, Teodoro del, GR@ACE, DEGESCO Consortium, García-Ribas, Guillermo, Sánchez-Juan, Pascual, Pastor, Pau, Bullido, María Jesús, Álvarez, Victoria, Real, Luis Miguel, Mir, Pablo, Piñol-Ripoll, Gerard, García-Alberca, José María, Medina, Miguel, Orellana, Adelina, Butler, Christopher R., Marquié, Marta, Sáez, María Eugenia, Carracedo, Ángel, Tárraga, Lluís, Boada, Mercè, and Ruiz, Agustín
- Abstract
Emerging studies have suggested several chromosomal regions as potential host genetic factors involved in the susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection and disease outcome. We nested a COVID-19 genome-wide association study using the GR@ACE/DEGESCO study, searching for susceptibility factors associated with COVID-19 disease. To this end, we compared 221 COVID-19 confirmed cases with 17,035 individuals in whom the COVID-19 disease status was unknown. Then, we performed a meta-analysis with the publicly available data from the COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative. Because the APOE locus has been suggested as a potential modifier of COVID-19 disease, we added sensitivity analyses stratifying by dementia status or by disease severity. We confirmed the existence of the 3p21.31 region (LZTFL1, SLC6A20) implicated in the susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection and TYK2 gene might be involved in COVID-19 severity. Nevertheless, no statistically significant association was observed in the COVID-19 fatal outcome or in the stratified analyses (dementia-only and non-dementia strata) for the APOE locus not supporting its involvement in SARS-CoV-2 pathobiology or COVID-19 prognosis.
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- 2021