COVID-19 genetic risk variants are associated with expression of multiple genes in diverse immune cell types.
B. J. Schmiedel, V. Chandra, J. Rocha, C. Gonzalez-Colin, S. Bhattacharyya, A. Madrigal, C. H. Ottensmeier, F. Ay, P. Vijayanand
The paper identifies COVID-19 risk variants associated with gene expression in multiple immune cell types, revealing potential mechanisms linking genetic risk to disease severity.
bioRxiv · Dec 1, 2020Immunology