No evidence for allelic association between Covid-19 and ACE2 genetic variants by direct exome sequencing in 99 SARS-CoV-2 positive patients
Antonio Novelli, Michela Biancolella, Paola Borgiani, Dario Cocciadiferro, Vito Luigi Colona, Maria Rosaria D’Apice, Paola Rogliani, Salvatore Zaffina, Francesca Leonardis, Andrea Campana, Massimiliano Raponi, Massimo Andreoni, Sandro Grelli, Giuseppe Novelli
The paper analyzes ACE2 genetic variants in 99 COVID-19 patients using whole-exome sequencing and finds no allelic association with disease severity or sex bias.
Human Genomics · Sep 11, 2020Peer-reviewedGenetic & Genomic Medicine