Comorbidities, multimorbidity and COVID-19

CD Russell, NI Lone, JK Baillie - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
The influence of comorbidities on COVID-19 outcomes has been recognized since the
earliest days of the pandemic. But establishing causality and determining underlying …

15 years of GWAS discovery: realizing the promise

A Abdellaoui, L Yengo, KJH Verweij… - The American Journal of …, 2023 - cell.com
It has been 15 years since the advent of the genome-wide association study (GWAS) era.
Here, we review how this experimental design has realized its promise by facilitating an …

FinnGen provides genetic insights from a well-phenotyped isolated population

MI Kurki, J Karjalainen, P Palta, TP Sipilä… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Population isolates such as those in Finland benefit genetic research because deleterious
alleles are often concentrated on a small number of low-frequency variants (0.1%≤ minor …

T cell responses to SARS-CoV-2

A Sette, J Sidney, S Crotty - Annual review of immunology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
A large body of evidence generated in the last two and a half years addresses the roles of T
cells in SARS-CoV-2 infection and following vaccination. Infection or vaccination induces …

A common allele of HLA is associated with asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection

DG Augusto, LD Murdolo, DSM Chatzileontiadou… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Studies have demonstrated that at least 20% of individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2
remain asymptomatic,,–. Although most global efforts have focused on severe illness in …

SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis

MM Lamers, BL Haagmans - Nature reviews microbiology, 2022 - nature.com
The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has
caused a devastating pandemic. Although most people infected with SARS-CoV-2 develop …

FcγR-mediated SARS-CoV-2 infection of monocytes activates inflammation

C Junqueira, Â Crespo, S Ranjbar, LB De Lacerda… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 can cause acute respiratory distress and death in some patients. Although
severe COVID-19 is linked to substantial inflammation, how SARS-CoV-2 triggers …

GWAS and meta-analysis identifies 49 genetic variants underlying critical COVID-19

E Pairo-Castineira, K Rawlik, AD Bretherick, T Qi, Y Wu… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Critical illness in COVID-19 is an extreme and clinically homogeneous disease phenotype
that we have previously shown to be highly efficient for discovery of genetic associations …

From target discovery to clinical drug development with human genetics

K Trajanoska, C Bhérer, D Taliun, S Zhou, JB Richards… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The substantial investments in human genetics and genomics made over the past three
decades were anticipated to result in many innovative therapies. Here we investigate the …

Inborn errors of OAS–RNase L in SARS-CoV-2–related multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children

D Lee, J Le Pen, A Yatim, B Dong, Y Aquino, M Ogishi… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a rare and severe condition that
follows benign COVID-19. We report autosomal recessive deficiencies of OAS1, OAS2, or …