Association of the IFNG +874T/A Polymorphism with Symptomatic COVID-19 Susceptibility

Autor: Kevin Matheus Lima de Sarges, Flávia Póvoa da Costa, Erika Ferreira dos Santos, Marcos Henrique Damasceno Cantanhede, Rosilene da Silva, Adriana de Oliveira Lameira Veríssimo, Maria de Nazaré do Socorro de Almeida Viana, Fabíola Brasil Barbosa Rodrigues, Mauro de Meira Leite, Maria Karoliny da Silva Torres, Christiane Bentes da Silva, Mioni Thieli Figueiredo Magalhães de Brito, Andréa Luciana Soares da Silva, Daniele Freitas Henriques, Izaura Maria Vieira Cayres Vallinoto, Giselle Maria Rachid Viana, Maria Alice Freitas Queiroz, Antonio Carlos Rosário Vallinoto, Eduardo José Melo dos Santos
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Viruses, Vol 16, Iss 4, p 650 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1999-4915
DOI: 10.3390/v16040650
Popis: Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and interferon-gamma (IFNγ) are important inflammatory mediators in the development of cytokine storm syndrome (CSS). Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) regulate the expression of these cytokines, making host genetics a key factor in the prognosis of COVID-19. In this study, we investigated the associations of the TNF -308G/A and IFNG +874T/A polymorphisms with COVID-19. We analyzed the frequencies of the two polymorphisms in the control groups (CG: TNF -308G/A, n = 497; IFNG +874T/A, n = 397), a group of patients with COVID-19 (CoV, n = 222) and among the subgroups of patients with nonsevere (n = 150) and severe (n = 72) COVID-19. We found no significant difference between the genotypic and allelic frequencies of TNF -308G/A in the groups analyzed; however, both the frequencies of the high expression genotype (TT) (CoV: 13.51% vs. CG: 6.30%; p = 0.003) and the *T allele (CoV: 33.56% vs. CG: 24. 81%; p = 0.001) of the IFNG +874T/A polymorphism were higher in the COVID-19 group than in the control group, with no differences between the subgroups of patients with nonsevere and severe COVID-19. The *T allele of IFNG +874T/A (rs2430561) is associated with susceptibility to symptomatic COVID-19. These SNPs provided valuables clues about the potential mechanism involved in the susceptibility to developing symptomatic COVID-19.
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