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Editor, Senior Moderator
Virol J
. 2024 Nov 6;21(1):280.
doi: 10.1186/s12985-024-02548-y. The causal association between COVID-19 and ischemic stroke: a mendelian randomization study
Zhaojie Zhang[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jie Hua[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Liang Chen[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
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Background: Current observational data indicates that ischemic stroke (IS) affects a significant proportion of people with COVID-19. The current study sought to evaluate the causal relationship between COVID-19 and IS.
Methods: A two-sample Mendelian randomization (2 S-MR) approach was used to probe the relationship between genetic determinants of three COVID-19 parameters (SARS-CoV-2 infection, COVID-19 hospitalization, and severe COVID-19) and the incidence of IS based on genome-wide association studies (GWAS) data. Using this 2 S-MR technique, expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) and GWAS studies were further assessed for overlap to identify common causative genes associated with severe COVID-19 and IS.
Results: IVW approaches indicated the genetic variants linked to COVID-19 hospitalization (OR 1.04, 95% CI 1.01-1.08, p = 0.023) and severe COVID-19 (OR 1.03, 95% CI 1.01-1.05, p = 0.007) were both significantly linked to greater odds of IS. In contrast, there was no causal association between genetic SARS-CoV-2 infection susceptibility and the occurrence of IS (OR 0.99, 95% CI 0.92-1.06, p = 0.694). Ten shared causal genes (TNFSF8, CFL2, TPM1, C15orf39, LHFPL6, FAM20C, SPAG9, KCNJ2, PELI1, and HLA-L) were established as possible mediators of the interplay between severe COVID-19 and the development of IS, with these genes primarily being enriched in immune-related and renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system pathways.
Conclusion: These findings indicate a possible causative relationship between IS risk and COVID-19 severity, offering crucial new information for managing COVID-19 patients. Promising options for therapeutic therapies for severe COVID-19 complicated by IS include the common genes found in the present study.
Keywords: COVID-19 hospitalization; Causal effect; Causal gene; Ischemic stroke; Mendelian randomization; SARS-CoV-2 infection; Severe COVID-19.
. 2024 Nov 6;21(1):280.
doi: 10.1186/s12985-024-02548-y. The causal association between COVID-19 and ischemic stroke: a mendelian randomization study
Zhaojie Zhang[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jie Hua[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Liang Chen[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 39506873
- DOI: 10.1186/s12985-024-02548-y
Background: Current observational data indicates that ischemic stroke (IS) affects a significant proportion of people with COVID-19. The current study sought to evaluate the causal relationship between COVID-19 and IS.
Methods: A two-sample Mendelian randomization (2 S-MR) approach was used to probe the relationship between genetic determinants of three COVID-19 parameters (SARS-CoV-2 infection, COVID-19 hospitalization, and severe COVID-19) and the incidence of IS based on genome-wide association studies (GWAS) data. Using this 2 S-MR technique, expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) and GWAS studies were further assessed for overlap to identify common causative genes associated with severe COVID-19 and IS.
Results: IVW approaches indicated the genetic variants linked to COVID-19 hospitalization (OR 1.04, 95% CI 1.01-1.08, p = 0.023) and severe COVID-19 (OR 1.03, 95% CI 1.01-1.05, p = 0.007) were both significantly linked to greater odds of IS. In contrast, there was no causal association between genetic SARS-CoV-2 infection susceptibility and the occurrence of IS (OR 0.99, 95% CI 0.92-1.06, p = 0.694). Ten shared causal genes (TNFSF8, CFL2, TPM1, C15orf39, LHFPL6, FAM20C, SPAG9, KCNJ2, PELI1, and HLA-L) were established as possible mediators of the interplay between severe COVID-19 and the development of IS, with these genes primarily being enriched in immune-related and renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system pathways.
Conclusion: These findings indicate a possible causative relationship between IS risk and COVID-19 severity, offering crucial new information for managing COVID-19 patients. Promising options for therapeutic therapies for severe COVID-19 complicated by IS include the common genes found in the present study.
Keywords: COVID-19 hospitalization; Causal effect; Causal gene; Ischemic stroke; Mendelian randomization; SARS-CoV-2 infection; Severe COVID-19.