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A first update on mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19

  • The COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative
  • , AncestryDNA COVID-19 Research Study
  • , BelCovid
  • , Biobanque Quebec COVID-19
  • , CCHC COVID-19 GAWS
  • , CHOP CAG
  • , The Colorado Center for Personalized Medicine
  • , Coronagenes
  • , Egypt hgCOVID hub
  • , EraCORE
  • , The Estonian Biobank Research Team
  • , EXCEED
  • , FinnGen Consortium
  • , Functional Host Genomics in Infectious Diseases (FHoGID)
  • , GCAT Genomes For Life
  • , GEN-COVID Multicenter Study Group
  • , Generation Scotland
  • , Genes & Health Research Team
  • , Genes for Good
  • , Genome-wide assessment of the gene variants associated with severe COVID-19 phenotype in Iran
  • Host genetic factors in COVID-19 patients in relation to disease susceptibility, disease severity and pharmacogenomics, HUNT, The LifeLines Cohort Study, Mass General Brigham-Host Vulnerability to COVID-19, Michigan Genomics Initiative, Mount Sinai Health System COVID-19 Genomics Initiative, MyCode Health Initiative, Netherlands Twin Register, Penn Medicine Biobank, Saudi Human Genome Program-COVID19, The genetic predisposition to severe COVID-19, The Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study, TwinsUK, UK 100,000 Genomes Project (Genomics England), UK Biobank, UK Blood Donors Cohort, Million Veterans Program, Vanda COVID, Variability in immune response genes and severity of SARS-CoV-2 infection (INMUNGEN-CoV2 study)
  • Yale University
  • University of Helsinki
  • Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  • Hebrew SeniorLife
  • Medical University of Białystok
  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • Ancestry
  • University of Liege
  • CHC MontLégia
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to pose a major public health threat, especially in countries with low vaccination rates. To better understand the biological underpinnings of SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 severity, we formed the COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative1. Here we present a genome-wide association study meta-analysis of up to 125,584 cases and over 2.5 million control individuals across 60 studies from 25 countries, adding 11 genome-wide significant loci compared with those previously identified2. Genes at new loci, including SFTPD, MUC5B and ACE2, reveal compelling insights regarding disease susceptibility and severity.

Here we present meta-analyses bringing together 60 studies from 25 countries for three COVID-19-related phenotypes: [...]
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)E1-E10
JournalNature
Volume608
Issue number7921
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4 Aug 2022

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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