Ritchie Lab - Genome-wide analysis in 756,646 individuals provides first genetic evidence that ace2 expression influences COVID-19 risk and yields genetic risk scores predictive of severe disease.

Horowitz, J. E., Kosmicki, J. A., Damask, A., Sharma, D., Roberts, G. H., Justice, A. E., Banerjee, N., Coignet, M. V., Yadav, A., Leader, J. B., Marcketta, A., Park, D. S., Lanche, R., Maxwell, E., Knight, S. C., Bai, X., Guturu, H., Sun, D., Baltzell, A., … Ferreira, M. A. (2020). Genome-wide analysis in 756,646 individuals provides first genetic evidence that ace2 expression influences COVID-19 risk and yields genetic risk scores predictive of severe disease. Medrxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.12.14.20248176