Genetic & Genomic MedicineEBioMedicinePeer-reviewed
Shared genetic etiology between idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and COVID-19 severity
João Fadista, Luke M. Kraven, Juha M Karjalainen…·Bjarke Feenstra
This paper investigates the genetic link between idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and severe COVID-19, finding a positive genetic correlation and suggesting a causal effect of most IPF risk variants on COVID-19 severity, except for the MUC5B variant which shows protective effects.
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