Genetic susceptibility of COVID-19: a systematic review of current evidence.

SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghiMohammad MehrtakMehrzad MohsseniPourPegah MirzapourAlireza BarzegaryPedram HabibiBanafsheh Moradmand-BadieAmir Masoud AfsahiAmirali KarimiMohammad HeydariSeyed Ahmad Seyed AlinaghiOmid DadrasJean-Marc SabatierFabricio Voltarelli

Published in: European journal of medical research (2021)

Combing through the genome, several genes related to immune system's response were related to the severity and susceptibility to the COVID-19. In conclusion, a correlation was found between the ACE2 levels and the susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Keyphrases

coronavirus disease
sars cov
genome wide
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
dna methylation
gene expression