ABO blood group and COVID‐19: a review on behalf of the ISBT COVID‐19 working group

R Goel, EM Bloch, F Pirenne, AZ Al‐Riyami… - Vox …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Growing evidence suggests that ABO blood group may play a role in the
immunopathogenesis of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection, with group O individuals less likely to test …

SARS-CoV-2 infection and oxidative stress: Pathophysiological insight into thrombosis and therapeutic opportunities

MS Alam, DM Czajkowsky - Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has presented unprecedented
challenges to global health. Although the majority of COVID-19 patients exhibit mild-to-no …

Co-regulatory networks of human serum proteins link genetics to disease

V Emilsson, M Ilkov, JR Lamb, N Finkel… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Proteins circulating in the blood are critical for age-related disease processes; however, the
serum proteome has remained largely unexplored. To this end, 4137 proteins covering most …

The association of ABO blood group with indices of disease severity and multiorgan dysfunction in COVID-19

RL Hoiland, NA Fergusson, AR Mitra… - Blood …, 2020 - ashpublications.org
Studies on severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 1 (SARS-CoV-1) suggest a
protective effect of anti-A antibodies against viral cell entry that may hold relevance for SARS …

Clinical implications of host genetic variation and susceptibility to severe or critical COVID-19

CI van der Made, MG Netea, FL van der Veerdonk… - Genome medicine, 2022 - Springer
Since the start of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, important insights
have been gained into virus biology and the host factors that modulate the human immune …

Beyond immunohaematology: the role of the ABO blood group in human diseases

GM Liumbruno, M Franchini - Blood transfusion, 2013 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The antigens of the ABO blood group system (A, B and H determinants, respectively) are
complex carbohydrate molecules on the extracellular surface of red blood cell membranes1 …

Multiple instances of ancient balancing selection shared between humans and chimpanzees

EM Leffler, Z Gao, S Pfeifer, L Ségurel, A Auton… - Science, 2013 - science.org
Instances in which natural selection maintains genetic variation in a population over millions
of years are thought to be extremely rare. We conducted a genome-wide scan for long-lived …

Relationship between blood type and outcomes following COVID-19 infection

Y Kim, CA Latz, CS DeCarlo, S Lee, CYM Png… - Seminars in Vascular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, a concentrated research effort has been
undertaken to elucidate risk factors underlying viral infection, severe illness, and death …

Non-O blood type is the commonest genetic risk factor for VTE: results from a meta-analysis of the literature

F Dentali, AP Sironi, W Ageno, S Turato… - … in thrombosis and …, 2012 - thieme-connect.com
It is well known that the ABO blood group exerts a major influence on hemostasis, as O
blood group individuals have lower von Willebrand factor and factor VIII levels than non-O …

Pre-analytical issues in the haemostasis laboratory: guidance for the clinical laboratories

A Magnette, M Chatelain, B Chatelain, H Ten Cate… - Thrombosis journal, 2016 - Springer
Ensuring quality has become a daily requirement in laboratories. In haemostasis, even more
than in other disciplines of biology, quality is determined by a pre-analytical step that …