Genome-Wide Association Study of COVID-19 Breakthrough Infections and Genetic Overlap with Other Diseases: A Study of the UK Biobank

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	Genome-Wide Association Study of COVID-19 Breakthrough Infections and Genetic Overlap with Other Diseases: A Study of the UK Biobank
	Feng, YN; Wong, KCY; Tsui, WK; Zhang, RY; Xiang, Y; So, HC
	2025
发表期刊	Int. J. Mol. Sci.
ISSN	1661-6596
卷号	26 期号:13
摘要	The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to substantial health and financial burdens worldwide, and vaccines provide hope for reducing the burden of this pandemic. However, vaccinated people remain at risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection. Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) may identify potential genetic factors involved in the development of COVID-19 breakthrough infections (BIs); however, very few or no GWASs have been conducted for COVID-19 BI thus far. We conducted a GWAS and detailed bioinformatics analysis on COVID-19 BIs in a European population via the UK Biobank (UKBB). We conducted a series of analyses at different levels, including SNP-based, gene-based, pathway, and transcriptome-wide association analyses, to investigate genetic factors associated with COVID-19 BIs and hospitalized infections. The polygenic risk score (PRS) and Hoeffding's test were performed to reveal the genetic relationships between BIs and other medical conditions. Two independent loci (LD-clumped at r(2) = 0.01) reached genome-wide significance (p < 5 x 10(-8)), including rs36170929, which mapped to LOC102725191/VWDE, and rs28645263, which mapped to RETREG1. A pathway enrichment analysis highlighted pathways such as viral myocarditis, Rho-selective guanine exchange factor AKAP13 signaling, and lipid metabolism. The PRS analyses revealed significant genetic overlap between COVID-19 BIs and heart failure and between HbA1c and type 1 diabetes. Genetic dependence was also observed between COVID-19 BIs and asthma, lung abnormalities, schizophrenia, and type 1 diabetes on the basis of Hoeffding's test. This GWAS revealed two significant loci that may be associated with COVID-19 BIs and a number of genes and pathways that may be involved in BIs. Genetic overlap with other diseases was identified. Further studies are warranted to replicate these findings and elucidate the mechanisms involved.
收录类别	SCIE
语种	英语
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.kiz.ac.cn/handle/152453/15186
专题	其他
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Feng, YN,Wong, KCY,Tsui, WK,et al. Genome-Wide Association Study of COVID-19 Breakthrough Infections and Genetic Overlap with Other Diseases: A Study of the UK Biobank[J]. Int. J. Mol. Sci.,2025,26(13).
APA	Feng, YN,Wong, KCY,Tsui, WK,Zhang, RY,Xiang, Y,&So, HC.(2025).Genome-Wide Association Study of COVID-19 Breakthrough Infections and Genetic Overlap with Other Diseases: A Study of the UK Biobank.Int. J. Mol. Sci.,26(13).
MLA	Feng, YN,et al."Genome-Wide Association Study of COVID-19 Breakthrough Infections and Genetic Overlap with Other Diseases: A Study of the UK Biobank".Int. J. Mol. Sci. 26.13(2025).

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