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Editor, Senior Moderator
Inflamm Res
. 2025 Feb 13;74(1):37.
doi: 10.1007/s00011-024-01967-5. The causal effect of natural killer cells on COVID-19 infection, hospitalization and severity
Kaili Yang[SUP] #[/SUP][SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Jun Quan[SUP] #[/SUP][SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Zhi Liu[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Zebing Huang[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Shuyi Wang[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Jia Li[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Aiming Wang[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Li Wu[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Songman Yu[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Panpan Yi[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Meifang Xiao[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Yayu Chen[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Xingwang Hu[SUP] 6 7 8 [/SUP], Shushan Zhao[SUP] 9 10 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Background: Recent studies have suggested that alterations in natural killer (NK) cell function may contribute to the development of COVID-19. Additionally, dysregulated NK cells may increase susceptibility to COVID-19 and affect the severity of the infection.
Purpose: This study aimed to explore the causal relationship between NK cell-related immune traits and the risk of COVID-19 infection.
Methods: A two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis was conducted to explore the causal relationship between NK cell-related immune traits and COVID-19. Exposure and outcome data were analyzed using the two-sample Mendelian Randomization (MR) method.
Results: The results of the study suggest that there is a causal relationship between the absolute number of NK cells in COVID-19 infection and the risk of severe illness. The results also demonstrated that the morphological parameters are not causally related to COVID-19 infection but were causally related to COVID-19 hospitalization and COVID-19 severity.
Conclusion: This finding has important implications for our understanding of the pathophysiology of COVID-19 and the development of future therapies and interventions for this disease.
Keywords: COVID-19; Causal relationship; Genome-wide association study; Mendelian randomization; NK cell.
. 2025 Feb 13;74(1):37.
doi: 10.1007/s00011-024-01967-5. The causal effect of natural killer cells on COVID-19 infection, hospitalization and severity
Kaili Yang[SUP] #[/SUP][SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Jun Quan[SUP] #[/SUP][SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Zhi Liu[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Zebing Huang[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Shuyi Wang[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Jia Li[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Aiming Wang[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Li Wu[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Songman Yu[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Panpan Yi[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Meifang Xiao[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Yayu Chen[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Xingwang Hu[SUP] 6 7 8 [/SUP], Shushan Zhao[SUP] 9 10 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 39945857
- DOI: 10.1007/s00011-024-01967-5
Background: Recent studies have suggested that alterations in natural killer (NK) cell function may contribute to the development of COVID-19. Additionally, dysregulated NK cells may increase susceptibility to COVID-19 and affect the severity of the infection.
Purpose: This study aimed to explore the causal relationship between NK cell-related immune traits and the risk of COVID-19 infection.
Methods: A two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis was conducted to explore the causal relationship between NK cell-related immune traits and COVID-19. Exposure and outcome data were analyzed using the two-sample Mendelian Randomization (MR) method.
Results: The results of the study suggest that there is a causal relationship between the absolute number of NK cells in COVID-19 infection and the risk of severe illness. The results also demonstrated that the morphological parameters are not causally related to COVID-19 infection but were causally related to COVID-19 hospitalization and COVID-19 severity.
Conclusion: This finding has important implications for our understanding of the pathophysiology of COVID-19 and the development of future therapies and interventions for this disease.
Keywords: COVID-19; Causal relationship; Genome-wide association study; Mendelian randomization; NK cell.