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Minimal observed impact of HLA genotype on hospitalization and severity of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
HLA - 1 Jun 2022
Nguyen Austin, Yusufali Tasneem, Hollenbach Jill A, Nellore Abhinav, Thompson Reid F
Abstract excerpt
HLA is a critical component of the viral antigen presentation pathway. We investigated the relationship between the severity of SARS-CoV-2 disease and HLA type in 3235 individuals with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection. We found only the DPB1 locus to be associated with the binary outcome of whether an individual developed any COVID-19 symptoms. The number of peptides predicted to bind to an HLA allele had no...
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