Eight-Fold Increased COVID-19 Mortality in Autosomal Dominant Tubulointerstitial Kidney Disease due to MUC1 Mutations: An Observational Study
Kendrah O. Kidd, Adrienne H. Williams, Abbigail Taylor, Lauren Martin, Victoria C. Robins, John Andrew Sayer, Eric Gregory Olinger, Holly R. Mabillard, Gregory Papagregoriou, Constantinos C. Deltas, Christoforos Stavrou, Peter J. Conlon, Richard Edmund Hogan, Elhussein A. E. Elhassan, Drahomíra Springer, , Anthony J. Bleyer
This study finds that individuals with ADTKD-MUC1 have an eight-fold higher risk of COVID-19 mortality compared to ADTKD-UMOD individuals, possibly due to reduced mucin-1 production.
BMC Nephrology · Dec 18, 2024Peer-reviewedGenetic & Genomic Medicine