Article
Adverse effect of VEGFR-2 (rs1870377) polymorphism on the clinical course of COVID-19 in females and males in an age-dependent manner.
Microbes and infection - 1 Jan 2000
Sayın Kocakap Derya Beyza, Kaygusuz Sedat, Aksoy Emel, Şahin Ömer, Baççıoğlu Ayşe, Ekici Aydanur, Kalpaklıoğlu Ayşe Füsun, Ekici Mehmet Savaş, Gül Serdar, Kaçmaz Birgül, Ayaşlıoğlu Açıkgöz Ergin, Alyılmaz Bekmez Sibel, Rouse Barry T, Azkur Ahmet Kürşat
Abstract excerpt
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected people worldwide with varying clinical presentations ranging from mild to severe or fatal, and studies have found that age, gender, and some comorbidities can influence the severity of the disease. It would be valuable to have genetic markers that might help predict the likely outcome of infection. For this objective, genes encoding VEGFR-2 (rs1870377), CCR5Δ32 (rs333), and TLR3...
Topics
- Aged
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- COVID-19