Association of polymorphisms of IL-6 pathway genes (IL6, IL6R and IL6ST) with COVID-19 severity in an Amazonian population.
Fabíola Brasil Barbosa Rodrigues, Rosilene da Silva, Erika Ferreira dos Santos, Mioni Thieli Figueiredo Magalhães de Brito, Andréa Luciana Soares da Silva, Mauro de Meira Leite, Flávia Póvoa da Costa, Maria de Nazaré do Socorro de Almeida Viana, Kevin Matheus Lima de Sarges, Marcos Henrique Damasceno Cantanhede, Adriana de Oliveira Lameira Veríssimo, Mayara da Silva Carvalho, Daniele Freitas Henriques, Carla Pinheiro da Silva, Juliana Abreu Lima Nunes, , Eduardo José Melo dos Santos
The paper investigates the association of IL-6 pathway gene polymorphisms with COVID-19 severity in an Amazonian population, finding an association between the IL6 C allele and increased severity.
bioRxiv · Sep 21, 2022 · PreprintGenetics