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Association between HLA gene polymorphisms and mortality of COVID-19: An in silico analysis.
Immunity, inflammation and disease - 1 Dec 2020
Tomita Yusuke, Ikeda Tokunori, Sato Ryo, Sakagami Takuro
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INTRODUCTION: The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 has caused global public health and economic crisis. Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) is a critical component of the viral antigen presentation pathway and plays essential roles in conferring differential viral susceptibility and severity of diseases. However, the association between HLA gene polymorphisms and risk for COVID-19 has not been fully elucidated. We hypothesized...
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