Background: Homocysteine assessment has been proposed as a potential predictive biomarker for the severity of COVID-19 infection. The purpose of this review was to analyze the correlation between the prevalence of MTHFR C677 T gene polymorphism and COVID-19 incidence and mortality worldwide. Methods: Data regarding MTHFR C677 T gene mutation were obtained from the interrogation of the Genome Aggregation Database (genomAD), which is publicly available from the web“https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org.” COVID-19 cases, including prevalence and mortality, were obtained from“https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus” 27 August 2020. Results: There is a clear trend toward the worldwide prevalence of MTHFR 677 T and COVID-19 incidence and mortality. The prevalence of MTHFR 677 T allele in the Latino population, and the incidence and mortality for COVID-19 was higher for this ethnic group than that reported for most other populations globally. Statistical analysis showed a relatively strong correlation between C677 T and death from coronavirus. Conclusions: Genetic polymorphism of MTHFR C677 T may modulate the incidence and severity of COVID-19 pandemic infection.
COVID-19 spreading across world correlates with C677T allele of the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene prevalence / Ponti, G.; Pastorino, L.; Manfredini, M.; Ozben, T.; Oliva, G.; Kaleci, S.; Iannella, R.; Tomasi, A.. - In: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL LABORATORY ANALYSIS. - ISSN 0887-8013. - 35:7(2021), pp. 1-7. [10.1002/jcla.23798]
Data di pubblicazione: | 2021 | |
Titolo: | COVID-19 spreading across world correlates with C677T allele of the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene prevalence | |
Autore/i: | Ponti, G.; Pastorino, L.; Manfredini, M.; Ozben, T.; Oliva, G.; Kaleci, S.; Iannella, R.; Tomasi, A. | |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcla.23798 | |
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Volume: | 35 | |
Fascicolo: | 7 | |
Pagina iniziale: | 1 | |
Pagina finale: | 7 | |
Codice identificativo ISI: | WOS:000656545900001 | |
Codice identificativo Scopus: | 2-s2.0-85107315654 | |
Codice identificativo Pubmed: | 34061414 | |
Citazione: | COVID-19 spreading across world correlates with C677T allele of the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene prevalence / Ponti, G.; Pastorino, L.; Manfredini, M.; Ozben, T.; Oliva, G.; Kaleci, S.; Iannella, R.; Tomasi, A.. - In: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL LABORATORY ANALYSIS. - ISSN 0887-8013. - 35:7(2021), pp. 1-7. [10.1002/jcla.23798] | |
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