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A</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rojas-Martinez, Augusto</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Flores, Carlos</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lapunzina, Pablo</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Carracedo, Ángel</style></author></authors><translated-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">SCOURGE Cohort Group</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">HOSTAGE Cohort Group</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">GRA@CE Cohort Group</style></author></translated-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Novel genes and sex differences in COVID-19 severity.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hum Mol Genet</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hum Mol Genet</style></alt-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2022</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2022 Jun 16</style></date></pub-dates></dates><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Here we describe the results of a genome-wide study conducted in 11 939 COVID-19 positive cases with an extensive clinical information that were recruited from 34 hospitals across Spain (SCOURGE consortium). In sex-disaggregated genome-wide association studies for COVID-19 hospitalization, genome-wide significance (p &lt; 5x10-8) was crossed for variants in 3p21.31 and 21q22.11 loci only among males (p = 1.3x10-22 and p = 8.1x10-12, respectively), and for variants in 9q21.32 near TLE1 only among females (p = 4.4x10-8). In a second phase, results were combined with an independent Spanish cohort (1598 COVID-19 cases and 1068 population controls), revealing in the overall analysis two novel risk loci in 9p13.3 and 19q13.12, with fine-mapping prioritized variants functionally associated with AQP3 (p = 2.7x10-8) and ARHGAP33 (p = 1.3x10-8), respectively. The meta-analysis of both phases with four European studies stratified by sex from the Host Genetics Initiative confirmed the association of the 3p21.31 and 21q22.11 loci predominantly in males and replicated a recently reported variant in 11p13 (ELF5, p = 4.1x10-8). Six of the COVID-19 HGI discovered loci were replicated and an HGI-based genetic risk score predicted the severity strata in SCOURGE. We also found more SNP-heritability and larger heritability differences by age (&lt;60 or ≥ 60 years) among males than among females. Parallel genome-wide screening of inbreeding depression in SCOURGE also showed an effect of homozygosity in COVID-19 hospitalization and severity and this effect was stronger among older males. In summary, new candidate genes for COVID-19 severity and evidence supporting genetic disparities among sexes are provided.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mirzayi, Chloe</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Renson, Audrey</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zohra, Fatima</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Elsafoury, Shaimaa</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Geistlinger, Ludwig</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kasselman, Lora J</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Eckenrode, Kelly</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">van de Wijgert, 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Russ</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hunter, Christopher</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Segata, Nicola</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Huttenhower, Curtis</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dowd, Jennifer B</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jones, Heidi E</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Waldron, Levi</style></author></authors><translated-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Genomic Standards Consortium</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Massive Analysis and Quality Control Society</style></author></translated-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Reporting guidelines for human microbiome research: the STORMS checklist.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nat Med</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nat Med</style></alt-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Computational Biology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dysbiosis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Microbiota</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Observational Studies as Topic</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Research Design</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Translational Science, Biomedical</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2021</style></year><pub-dates><date><style 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Commonly used reporting guidelines for observational or genetic epidemiology studies lack key features specific to microbiome studies. Therefore, a multidisciplinary group of microbiome epidemiology researchers adapted guidelines for observational and genetic studies to culture-independent human microbiome studies, and also developed new reporting elements for laboratory, bioinformatics and statistical analyses tailored to microbiome studies. The resulting tool, called 'Strengthening The Organization and Reporting of Microbiome Studies' (STORMS), is composed of a 17-item checklist organized into six sections that correspond to the typical sections of a scientific publication, presented as an editable table for inclusion in supplementary materials. The STORMS checklist provides guidance for concise and complete reporting of microbiome studies that will facilitate manuscript preparation, peer review, and reader comprehension of publications and comparative analysis of published results.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">11</style></issue><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34789871?dopt=Abstract</style></custom1></record></records></xml>