Shared genetic etiology between idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and COVID-19 severity
João Fadista, Luke M. Kraven, Juha M Karjalainen, Shea J. Andrews, Frank Geller, The COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative, J Kenneth Baillie, Louise V. Wain, Gisli R. Jenkins, Bjarke Feenstra
This paper investigates the genetic link between idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and severe COVID-19, finding a positive genetic correlation and suggesting a causal effect of most IPF risk variants on COVID-19 severity, except for the MUC5B variant which shows protective effects.
EBioMedicine · Mar 1, 2021Peer-reviewedGenetic & Genomic Medicine