Exploring COVID-19 causal genes through disease-specific Cis-eQTLs

Copyright © 2024. Published by Elsevier B.V..

Genome-wide association study (GWAS) analysis has exposed that genetic factors play important roles in COVID-19. Whereas a deeper understanding of the underlying mechanism of COVID-19 was hindered by the lack of expression of quantitative trait loci (eQTL) data specific for disease. To this end, we identified COVID-19-specific cis-eQTLs by integrating nucleotide sequence variations and RNA-Seq data from COVID-19 samples. These identified eQTLs have different regulatory effect on genes between patients and controls, indicating that SARS-CoV-2 infection may cause alterations in the human body's internal environment. Individuals with the TT genotype in the rs1128320 region seemed more susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection and developed into severe COVID-19 due to the abnormal expression of IFITM1. We subsequently discovered potential causal genes, of the result, a total of 48 genes from six tissues were identified. siRNA-mediated depletion assays in SARS-CoV-2 infection proved that 14 causal genes were directly associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection. These results enriched existing research on COVID-19 causal genes and provided a new sight in the mechanism exploration for COVID-19.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:342

Enthalten in:

Virus research - 342(2024) vom: 01. März, Seite 199341

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhang, Sainan [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Ping [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Lei [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Chao [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Zijun [VerfasserIn]
Qi, Changlu [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Yubin [VerfasserIn]
Yuan, Shuofeng [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Liang [VerfasserIn]
Yin, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xue [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Expression quantitative trait loci
Journal Article
RNA, Small Interfering
SiRNA transfection
Summary data-based mendelian randomization

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Date Completed 04.03.2024

Date Revised 04.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.virusres.2024.199341

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NLM368929809