Does the CCR5-Δ32 mutation explain the variable coronavirus-2019 pandemic statistics in Europe? (CROSBI ID 289397)
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Podaci o odgovornosti
Starčević Čizmarević, Nada ; Tota Marin ; Ristić, Smiljana
engleski
Does the CCR5-Δ32 mutation explain the variable coronavirus-2019 pandemic statistics in Europe?
Gene that shows significant geographic variation and that regulates various aspects of the adaptive immune response is chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) for proinflammatory chemokines that play key roles in host responses, especially to viruses. CCR5 expressed on various cell types plays a vital role in the inflammatory response by directing cells to sites of inflammation, while the 32-bp deletion mutation in the CCR5 coding region (CCR5-Δ32) prevents receptor expression on the cell surface and leaves homozygous individuals without functional CCR5. Therefore, we compared CCR5-Δ32 mutation frequency in 39 European countries with the prevalence and mortality of COVID-19, as calculated on June 1, 2020. Our findings did not show that the CCR5-Δ32 mutation can explain the variable prevalence and mortality of COVID 19 in European countries. However, there are many other confounding genetic and environmental variables, affecting the COVID-19 severity and even virulence of the virus that should be taken into account in further studies.
COVID-19 ; SARS-CoV-2 ; CCR5 ; deletion ; mutation
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Podaci o izdanju
61 (6)
2020.
525-526
objavljeno
0353-9504
1332-8166
10.3325/cmj.2020.61.525
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Povezanost rada
Temeljne medicinske znanosti