Genome-Wide Association study of susceptibility to respiratory syncytial virus hospitalization in young children < 5 years of age

© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America..

BACKGROUND: Worldwide, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections are among the most common causes of infant hospitalization. Host genetic factors influencing the risk and severity of RSV infection are not well known.

METHODS: We conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) to investigate single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with severe RSV infections using a nested case-control design based on two Danish cohorts. We compared SNPs from 1786 children hospitalized with RSV to 45,060 controls without a RSV-coded hospitalization. We performed gene-based testing, tissue-enrichment, gene-set enrichment, and a meta-analysis of the two cohorts. Finally, an analysis of potential associations between the severity of RSV infection and genetic markers was performed.

RESULTS: We did not detect any significant genome-wide associations between SNPs and RSV infection, or the severity of RSV. We did find potential loci associated with RSV infections on chromosome 5 in one cohort, however, we failed to replicate any signals in both cohorts.

CONCLUSION: Despite being the largest GWAS of severe RSV infection, we did not detect any genome-wide significant loci. This may be an indication of a lack of power, or an absence of signal. Future studies might include mild illness and need to be larger to detect any significant associations.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

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The Journal of infectious diseases - (2023) vom: 04. Sept.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Egeskov-Cavling, Amanda Marie [VerfasserIn]
van Wijhe, Maarten [VerfasserIn]
Yakimov, Victor [VerfasserIn]
Johannesen, Caroline Klint [VerfasserIn]
Pollard, Andrew J [VerfasserIn]
Trebbien, Ramona [VerfasserIn]
Bybjerg-Grauholm, Jonas [VerfasserIn]
Fischer, Thea Kølsen [VerfasserIn]
RESCEU investigators [VerfasserIn]
Nair, Harish [Sonstige Person]
Campbell, Harry [Sonstige Person]
Beutels, Philippe [Sonstige Person]
Bont, Louis [Sonstige Person]
Pollard, Andrew [Sonstige Person]
Openshaw, Peter [Sonstige Person]
Martinon-Torres, Federico [Sonstige Person]
Heikkinen, Terho [Sonstige Person]
Meijer, Adam [Sonstige Person]
Fischer, Thea [Sonstige Person]
van den Berge, Maarten [Sonstige Person]
Giaquinto, Carlo [Sonstige Person]
Abram, Michael [Sonstige Person]
Swanson, Kena [Sonstige Person]
Rizkalla, Bishoy [Sonstige Person]
Vernhes, Charlotte [Sonstige Person]
Gallichan, Scott [Sonstige Person]
Aerssens, Jeroen [Sonstige Person]
Kumar, Veena [Sonstige Person]
Molero, Eva [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

Genetic association studies
Genome-Wide Association Study
Journal Article
RSV
Respiratory syncytial virus

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Date Revised 04.09.2023

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.1093/infdis/jiad370

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM361637071