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Multi-ancestry fine mapping implicates OAS1 splicing in risk of severe COVID-19.
Nature genetics - 1 Feb 2022
Huffman Jennifer E, Butler-Laporte Guillaume, Khan Atlas, Pairo-Castineira Erola, Drivas Theodore G, Peloso Gina M, Nakanishi Tomoko, Ganna Andrea, Verma Anurag, Baillie J Kenneth, Kiryluk Krzysztof, Richards J Brent, Zeberg Hugo
Abstract excerpt
The OAS1/2/3 cluster has been identified as a risk locus for severe COVID-19 among individuals of European ancestry, with a protective haplotype of approximately 75 kilobases (kb) derived from Neanderthals in the chromosomal region 12q24.13. This haplotype contains a splice variant of OAS1, which occurs in people of African ancestry independently of gene flow from Neanderthals. Using trans-ancestry fine-mapping...
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