2022
MIF is a common genetic determinant of COVID-19 symptomatic infection and severity
Shin JJ, Fan W, Par-Young J, Piecychna M, Leng L, Israni-Winger K, Qing H, Gu J, Zhao H, Schulz WL, Unlu S, Kuster J, Young G, Liu J, Ko AI, Garcia A, Sauler M, Wisnewski AV, Young L, Orduña A, Wang A, Klementina O, Garcia AB, Hegyi P, Armstrong ME, Mitchell P, Ordiz DB, Garami A, Kang I, Bucala R. MIF is a common genetic determinant of COVID-19 symptomatic infection and severity. QJM 2022, 116: 205-212. PMID: 36222594, PMCID: PMC9620729, DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcac234.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMacrophage migration inhibitory factorLow-expression MIF alleleCOVID-19 infectionMIF allelesCATT7 alleleHealthy controlsCOVID-19Serum macrophage migration inhibitory factorSymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infectionHigher serum MIF levelsHigh-expression MIF allelesRetrospective case-control studySARS-CoV-2 infectionFunctional polymorphismsAvailable clinical characteristicsMultinational retrospective studySerum MIF levelsUninfected healthy controlsSymptomatic COVID-19Tertiary medical centerHealthy control subjectsCase-control studyMigration inhibitory factorCoronavirus disease 2019Common functional polymorphisms
2020
COVID-19 vulnerability: the potential impact of genetic susceptibility and airborne transmission
Godri Pollitt KJ, Peccia J, Ko AI, Kaminski N, Dela Cruz CS, Nebert DW, Reichardt JKV, Thompson DC, Vasiliou V. COVID-19 vulnerability: the potential impact of genetic susceptibility and airborne transmission. Human Genomics 2020, 14: 17. PMID: 32398162, PMCID: PMC7214856, DOI: 10.1186/s40246-020-00267-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAir MicrobiologyBetacoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19Disease Transmission, InfectiousGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansPandemicsPersonal Protective EquipmentPneumonia, ViralSARS-CoV-2