Article
COVID-19 as a worldwide selective event and bitter taste receptor polymorphisms: An ecological correlational study.
International journal of biological macromolecules - 30 Apr 2021
Parsa Shima, Mogharab Vahid, Ebrahimi Mohsen, Ahmadi Sayyed Reza, Shahi Behzad, Mehramiz Neema John, Foroughian Mahdi, Zarenezhad Mohammad, Kalani Navid, Abdi Mohammad Hashem, Javdani Farshid, Keshavarz Pouyan, Hatami Naser
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Given the observed olfactory and gustatory dysfunctions in patients with COVID-19 and recent findings on taste receptors possible important activities in the immune system, we elected to estimate the correlation between COVID-19 mortality and polymorphism of a particular type of bitter taste receptor gene called TAS2R38, in a worldwide epidemiological point of view. METHODS: Pooled rate of each of the...
Topics
- Alleles
- COVID-19
- Correlation of Data
- Databases, Factual
- Genetic Association Studies
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- Humans
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide