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Proteome-wide Mendelian randomization identifies causal links between blood proteins and severe COVID-19.
PLoS genetics - 1 Mar 2022
Palmos Alish B, Millischer Vincent, Menon David K, Nicholson Timothy R, Taams Leonie S, Michael Benedict, Sunderland Geraint, Griffiths Michael J, Hübel Christopher, Breen Gerome
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In November 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic death toll surpassed five million individuals. We applied Mendelian randomization including >3,000 blood proteins as exposures to identify potential biomarkers that may indicate risk for hospitalization or need for respiratory support or death due to COVID-19, respectively. After multiple testing correction, using genetic instruments and under the assumptions of Mendelian...
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