Influence of APOE locus on poor prognosis of COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has infected over 25 million of people worldwide, 5% of whom evolved to death and, among of the active cases, more than 60 thousand are classified as critical or severe. Recent studies revealed that ApoE, a protein encoded by APOE gene, may increase the risk of severe COVID-19...

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Main Authors: Juliana Carla Gomes Rodrigues, Pablo Pinto, Luciana Pereira Colares Leitão, Lui Wallacy Morikawa Souza Vinagre, Natasha Monte, Marianne Rodrigues Fernandes, André Salim Khayat, Paulo Pimentel de Assumpção, Ney Pereira Carneiro dos Santos, Sidney Emanuel Batista dos Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844021014821