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Trans-ethnic genome-wide association study of severe COVID-19

Authors :
Peng Wu
Lin Ding
Xiaodong Li
Siyang Liu
Fanjun Cheng
Qing He
Mingzhong Xiao
Ping Wu
Hongyan Hou
Minghui Jiang
Pinpin Long
Hao Wang
Linlin Liu
Minghan Qu
Xian Shi
Qin Jiang
Tingting Mo
Wencheng Ding
Yu Fu
Shi Han
Xixiang Huo
Yingchun Zeng
Yana Zhou
Qing Zhang
Jia Ke
Xi Xu
Wei Ni
Zuoyu Shao
Jingzhi Wang
Panhong Liu
Zilong Li
Yan Jin
Fang Zheng
Fang Wang
Lei Liu
Wending Li
Kang Liu
Rong Peng
Xuedan Xu
Yuhui Lin
Hui Gao
Limei Shi
Ziyue Geng
Xuanwen Mu
Yu Yan
Kai Wang
Degang Wu
Xingjie Hao
Shanshan Cheng
Gaokun Qiu
Huan Guo
Kezhen Li
Gang Chen
Ziyong Sun
Xihong Lin
Xin Jin
Feng Wang
Chaoyang Sun
Chaolong Wang
Source :
Communications Biology, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2021.

Abstract

Chaolong Wang and colleagues report a large genome-wide association study for COVID-19 severity in Chinese individuals. By meta-analysis with European data, they identify 3 loci associated with severe disease that suggest key roles for the adaptive immune system and the ABO blood group system in development of severe COVID-19.

Subjects

Subjects :
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
23993642
Volume :
4
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Communications Biology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.80e197060446548a786dcd13a4b6ee
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02549-5