[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] Human genetic and immunological determinants of critical COVID-19 pneumonia

Q Zhang, P Bastard, A Cobat, JL Casanova - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 infection is benign in most individuals but, in around 10% of cases, it triggers
hypoxaemic COVID-19 pneumonia, which leads to critical illness in around 3% of cases …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

FinnGen: Unique genetic insights from combining isolated population and national health register data

MI Kurki, J Karjalainen, P Palta, TP Sipilä… - MedRxiv, 2022 - medrxiv.org
Population isolates such as Finland provide benefits in genetic studies because the allelic
spectrum of damaging alleles in any gene is often concentrated on a small number of low …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] Mutations in SARS-CoV-2: Insights on structure, variants, vaccines, and biomedical interventions

AI Abulsoud, HM El-Husseiny, AA El-Husseiny… - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
COVID-19 is a worldwide pandemic caused by SARS-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). Less
than a year after the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic, many vaccines have arrived on …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of LZTFL1 as a candidate effector gene at a COVID-19 risk locus

DJ Downes, AR Cross, P Hua, N Roberts… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2) disease (COVID-19)
pandemic has caused millions of deaths worldwide. Genome-wide association studies …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …