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1. Heterologous Materials Are Really Better than Autologous in Tympanoplasty Mastoid Obliteration? A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis

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Francesca Viberti, Giovanni Monciatti, Aniello Donniacuo, Fabio Ferretti, Lorenzo Salerni, Andrea De Vito, Daniele Bernardeschi, and Marco Mandalà

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Otorhinolaryngology, RF1-547
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Background: The aim is to analyze Literature concerning mastoid obliteration in adults with either autologous or heterologous grafts in the last 10 years. Data Source: Databases such as NIH PubMed, Bookshelf, NLM Catalog, Cochrane Library, and Embase were consulted. Methods: Thirty-seven studies were selected (22 concerning autologous materials, 15 about heterologous ones). Only studies with more than 12 months of follow-up were considered. A statistical analysis with random-effects models was performed to allow the true effect sizes to differ from study to study. Results: The present literature review and meta-analysis does not allow to establish the supremacy of one technique over the other, but underlines the advantages of each reconstructive choice and the importance of mastoid obliteration in cholesteatoma surgery. The total number of obliterated ears was 2882. Overall otorrhea rate was 5% (5.2% for heterologous grafts; 4.9% for autologous materials; P < .05). Recurrent and residual cholesteatoma rate was 4.5% (3.4% in heterologous materials; 5.2% in autologous grafts; P < .05). Recurrent cholesteatoma rate was 1.8% (1.6% when using heterologous grafts, 1.9% with autologous; P < .05). Residual cholesteatoma rate was 1.5% (1.6% with heterologous materials, 1.5% with autologous; P < .05). TM (tympanic membrane) retraction pockets rate was 5.3% (3.6% with heterologous materials; P >.05; 7% with autologous materials; P < .05). TM perforations rate was 2.9% (4.3% with heterologous materials, 2.5% with autologous; P < .05). Infection rate was 2.3% (2.3% with heterologous materials, 2.2% with autologous; P < .05). Conclusion: Heterologous materials are associated with significantly lower rates of recurrent and residual cholesteatoma and retraction pockets development, although they are associated with higher rates of otorrhea and TM perforation.

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2024
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2. Multi-Magnet Cochlear Implant Technology and Magnetic Resonance Imaging: The Safety Issue

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Pietro Canzi, Elena Carlotto, Elisabetta Zanoletti, Johan H. M. Frijns, Daniele Borsetto, Antonio Caruso, Luisa Chiapparini, Andrea Ciorba, Giorgio Conte, Nathan Creber, Stefania Criscuolo, Filippo Di Lella, Sebastiano Franchella, Erik F. Hensen, Lorenzo Lauda, Stefano Malpede, Marco Mandalà, Liselotte J. C. Rotteveel, Anna Simoncelli, Anna Chiara Stellato, Diego Zanetti, and Marco Benazzo

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cochlear implants, magnetic resonance imaging, safety, Ultra 3D, magnet, Otorhinolaryngology, RF1-547
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Despite the spread of novel-generation cochlear-implant (CI) magnetic systems, access to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for CI recipients is still limited due to safety concerns. The aim of this study is to assess and record the experiences of Hires Ultra 3D (Advanced Bionics) recipients who underwent an MRI examination. A multicentric European survey about this topic was conducted focusing on safety issues, and the results were compared with the current literature. We collected a total of 65 MRI scans performed in 9 otologic referral centers for a total of 47 Hires Ultra 3D recipients, including, for the first time, 2 children and 3 teenagers. Preventive measures were represented by scanning time and sedation for children. Head wrapping was used in eight cases, and six of the eight cases received local anesthesia, even if both measures were not needed. Only three patients complained of pain (3/65 examinations, 4.6%) due to the tight head bandage, and one of the three cases required MRI scan interruption. No other adverse events were reported. We believe that these results should encourage MRI execution in accordance with manufacturer recommendations for Ultra 3D recipients.

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2024
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3. Host genetics and COVID-19 severity: increasing the accuracy of latest severity scores by Boolean quantum features

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Gabriele Martelloni, Alessio Turchi, Chiara Fallerini, Andrea Degl’Innocenti, Margherita Baldassarri, Simona Olmi, Simone Furini, Alessandra Renieri, GEN-COVID Multicenter study, Francesca Mari, Sergio Daga, Ilaria Meloni, Mirella Bruttini, Susanna Croci, Mirjam Lista, Debora Maffeo, Elena Pasquinelli, Giulia Brunelli, Kristina Zguro, Viola Bianca Serio, Enrica Antolini, Simona Letizia Basso, Samantha Minetto, Giulia Rollo, Martina Rozza, Angela Rina, Rossella Tita, Maria Antonietta Mencarelli, Caterina Lo Rizzo, Anna Maria Pinto, Francesca Ariani, Francesca Montagnani, Mario Tumbarello, Ilaria Rancan, Massimiliano Fabbiani, Elena Bargagli, Laura Bergantini, Miriana d’Alessandro, Paolo Cameli, David Bennett, Federico Anedda, Simona Marcantonio, Sabino Scolletta, Federico Franchi, Maria Antonietta Mazzei, Susanna Guerrini, Edoardo Conticini, Luca Cantarini, Bruno Frediani, Danilo Tacconi, Chiara Spertilli Raffaelli, Arianna Emiliozzi, Marco Feri, Alice Donati, Raffaele Scala, Luca Guidelli, Genni Spargi, Marta Corridi, Cesira Nencioni, Leonardo Croci, Gian Piero Caldarelli, Davide Romani, Paolo Piacentini, Maria Bandini, Elena Desanctis, Silvia Cappelli, Anna Canaccini, Agnese Verzuri, Valentina Anemoli, Manola Pisani, Agostino Ognibene, Maria Lorubbio, Alessandro Pancrazzi, Massimo Vaghi, Antonella D’Arminio Monforte, Federica Gaia Miraglia, Mario U. Mondelli, Stefania Mantovani, Raffaele Bruno, Marco Vecchia, Marcello Maffezzoni, Enrico Martinelli, Massimo Girardis, Stefano Busani, Sophie Venturelli, Andrea Cossarizza, Andrea Antinori, Alessandra Vergori, Stefano Rusconi, Matteo Siano, Arianna Gabrieli, Agostino Riva, Daniela Francisci, Elisabetta Schiaroli, Carlo Pallotto, Saverio Giuseppe Parisi, Monica Basso, Sandro Panese, Stefano Baratti, Pier Giorgio Scotton, Francesca Andretta, Mario Giobbia, Renzo Scaggiante, Francesca Gatti, Francesco Castelli, Eugenia Quiros-Roldan, Melania Degli Antoni, Isabella Zanella, Matteo della Monica, Carmelo Piscopo, Mario Capasso, Roberta Russo, Immacolata Andolfo, Achille Iolascon, Giuseppe Fiorentino, Massimo Carella, Marco Castori, Giuseppe Merla, Gabriella Maria Squeo, Filippo Aucella, Pamela Raggi, Rita Perna, Matteo Bassetti, Antonio Di Biagio, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Luca Masucci, Alessandra Guarnaccia, Serafina Valente, Alex Di Florio, Marco Mandalà, Alessia Giorli, Lorenzo Salerni, Patrizia Zucchi, Pierpaolo Parravicini, Elisabetta Menatti, Tullio Trotta, Ferdinando Giannattasio, Gabriella Coiro, Fabio Lena, Gianluca Lacerenza, Cristina Mussini, Luisa Tavecchia, Lia Crotti, Gianfranco Parati, Roberto Menè, Maurizio Sanarico, Marco Gori, Francesco Raimondi, Alessandra Stella, Filippo Biscarini, Tiziana Bachetti, Maria Teresa La Rovere, Maurizio Bussotti, Serena Ludovisi, Katia Capitani, Simona Dei, Sabrina Ravaglia, Annarita Giliberti, Giulia Gori, Rosangela Artuso, Elena Andreucci, Angelica Pagliazzi, Erika Fiorentini, Antonio Perrella, Francesco Bianchi, Paola Bergomi, Emanuele Catena, Riccardo Colombo, Sauro Luchi, Giovanna Morelli, Paola Petrocelli, Sarah Iacopini, Sara Modica, Silvia Baroni, Giulia Micheli, Marco Falcone, Donato Urso, Giusy Tiseo, Tommaso Matucci, Davide Grassi, Claudio Ferri, Franco Marinangeli, Francesco Brancati, Antonella Vincenti, Valentina Borgo, Stefania Lombardi, Mirco Lenzi, Massimo Antonio Di Pietro, Francesca Vichi, Benedetta Romanin, Letizia Attala, Cecilia Costa, Andrea Gabbuti, Alessio Bellucci, Marta Colaneri, Patrizia Casprini, Cristoforo Pomara, Massimiliano Esposito, Roberto Leoncini, Michele Cirianni, Lucrezia Galasso, Marco Antonio Bellini, Chiara Gabbi, and Nicola Picchiotti

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COVID-19, host genetics, integrated polygenic score, genetic algorithm, logistic regression, genetic science modeling, Genetics, QH426-470
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The impact of common and rare variants in COVID-19 host genetics has been widely studied. In particular, in Fallerini et al. (Human genetics, 2022, 141, 147–173), common and rare variants were used to define an interpretable machine learning model for predicting COVID-19 severity. First, variants were converted into sets of Boolean features, depending on the absence or the presence of variants in each gene. An ensemble of LASSO logistic regression models was used to identify the most informative Boolean features with respect to the genetic bases of severity. After that, the Boolean features, selected by these logistic models, were combined into an Integrated PolyGenic Score (IPGS), which offers a very simple description of the contribution of host genetics in COVID-19 severity.. IPGS leads to an accuracy of 55%–60% on different cohorts, and, after a logistic regression with both IPGS and age as inputs, it leads to an accuracy of 75%. The goal of this paper is to improve the previous results, using not only the most informative Boolean features with respect to the genetic bases of severity but also the information on host organs involved in the disease. In this study, we generalize the IPGS adding a statistical weight for each organ, through the transformation of Boolean features into “Boolean quantum features,” inspired by quantum mechanics. The organ coefficients were set via the application of the genetic algorithm PyGAD, and, after that, we defined two new integrated polygenic scores (IPGSph1 and IPGSph2). By applying a logistic regression with both IPGS, (IPGSph2 (or indifferently IPGSph1) and age as inputs, we reached an accuracy of 84%–86%, thus improving the results previously shown in Fallerini et al. (Human genetics, 2022, 141, 147–173) by a factor of 10%.

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2024
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4. A case of metastic melanoma of IACs with a rapidly decay of auditory and vestibular function

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Aniello Donniacuo, Ludovica Livi, Francesca Viberti, Lorenzo Salerni, and Marco Mandalà

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Melanoma, IACs, Cerebellopontine, Otology, Vestibular disorders, Otorhinolaryngology, RF1-547
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Melanoma is one of the tumours whose incidence has increased the most in recent decades.Metastasis of the inner ear and cerebellopontine angle from melanoma are rare and only few cases of melanoma metastases with simultaneous bilateral involvement of the inner ear have been reported.We report the case of DM, a 52 years old man, who was admitted to our department for a rapidly worsening sensorineural hearing loss with bilateral tinnitus and postural instability. Seven years before, the patient was diagnosed with a stage III-B melanoma of the trunk treated with surgical excision and axillary lymph-nodes dissection. The following oncological follow-up resulted negative. Vestibular evaluation excluded vestibular neuritis, revealing instead an horizontal nystagmus on the left side, alteration of the right orbicularis oculi muscle with minimal lagophthalmos and gait anomalies. The CT-scan excluded a stroke. The MRI showed bilateral enhancing lesions at IACs, thickened appearance at the right VIII cranial nerve level with hyperintensity of the signal and a similar lesion at D1 spine level. A debulking surgery and biopsy with translabyrinthine access were planned.The histological report showed a BRAF mutated melanoma and for that reason the patient was referred to the oncology department to start immunotherapy treatment.

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2023
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6. The incidence of vestibular neuritis in Italy

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Marco Mandalà, Lorenzo Salerni, Fabio Ferretti, Ilaria Bindi, Giacomo Gualtieri, Giulia Corallo, Francesca Viberti, Roberto Gusinu, Claudio Fantino, Silvia Ponzo, Serena Astore, Simone Boccuzzi, and Daniele Nuti

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acute vestibular neuronitis, dizziness, prospective study, epidemiology, incidence, Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, RC346-429
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ObjectiveThis study aims to estimate the incidence of Vestibular neuritis (VN) in three different districts in Italy, its epidemiological features, and the prevalence of comorbidities associated with it.MethodsAn observational prospective study of 198 patients referred to ENT departments in Siena, Grosseto, and Cuneo was carried out over a 2-year period. Each patient underwent a complete otoneurologic examination in the first 48 h from the onset of symptoms and a brain MRI in the early stages of the disease. The follow-up lasted for 1 year.ResultsThe total VN incidence rate of the three municipalities was 48.497 (95% CI: 48.395–48.598) and its standardized value was 53.564 (95% CI: 53.463–53.666). The total VN incidence rate for the whole sample (municipality and district of the three centers) was 18.218 (95% CI: 18.164–18.272), and its standardized value was 20.185 (95% CI: 20.129–20.241). A significant difference was highlighted between patients living in the city compared to those living in the surrounding area (p < 0.000), this may be due to the ease of reaching the otoneurological referral center.ConclusionThe total incidence rate for the three municipalities was 48.497. This result is higher than previously reported studies.

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2023
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7. Treating benign paroxysmal positional vertigo of the lateral semicircular canal with a shortened forced position

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Beatrice Giannoni, Rudi Pecci, Federica Pollastri, Sebastiano Mininni, Giuseppe Licci, Rossana Santimone, Fabio Di Giustino, and Marco Mandalà

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forced prolonged position, forced position, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, lateral semicircular canal, canalithiasis, cupulolithisias, Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, RC346-429
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Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is the peripheral vestibular disorder that is most frequently encountered in routine neuro-otological practice. Among the three semicircular canals, the lateral semicircular canal (LSC) is the second most frequently interested in the pathological process. In most cases, LSC BPPV is attributable to a canalithiasis or cupulolithiasis mechanism. The clinical picture of LSC BPPV is that of positional nystagmus and vertigo evoked by turning the head from the supine to the side lateral position. With such a movement, a horizontal positional (and often also paroxysmal) direction-changing nystagmus is generated. Depending on whether the pathogenetic mechanism is that of canalithiasis or cupulolithiasis and depending on where the dense particles are located, LSC BPPV direction-changing positional nystagmus is geotropic or apogeotropic on both lateral sides. Due to its mechanical nature, BPPV is effectively treated by means of physical therapy. In the case of a LSC BPPV, one of the most effective therapies is the forced prolonged position (FPP), in which the patient is invited to lie for 12 h on the lateral side on which vertigo and nystagmus are less intense, to move the canaliths out from the canal (or to shift them inside of the canal from one tract to another) exploiting the force of gravity. Despite its efficacy, FPP is not always well tolerated by every patient, and it cannot be done during the diagnostic session because of its duration. The present study aimed to verify the efficacy of a different forced position, shortened forced position (SFP), with respect to the original FPP. SFP treatment would allow patients to more easily bear the forced position and physicians to control the outcome almost immediately, possibly enabling them to dismiss patients without vertigo. After 1 h of lying on the side where vertigo and nystagmus are the less intense, 38 out of 53 (71.7%) patients treated with SFP were either healed or improved. Although the outcomes are not as satisfying as those of the original FPP, SFP should be considered as a therapeutic prospect, especially by those physicians who work in collaboration with emergency departments or otherwise encounter acute patients to cure them of vertigo as soon as possible.

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2023
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9. Development of a Magnetoresistive-Based Wearable Eye-Tracking System for Oculomotor Assessment in Neurological and Otoneurological Research—Preliminary In Vivo Tests

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Aniello Donniacuo, Francesca Viberti, Mario Carucci, Valerio Biancalana, Lorenzo Bellizzi, and Marco Mandalà

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eye tracker, vHIT, eye movements, search coil, Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry, RC321-571
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Over the past 20 years, several eye-tracking technologies have been developed. This article aims to present a new type of eye tracker capable of producing detailed information on eye and head movements using an array of magnetoresistive detectors fixed on the patient’s head and a small magnet inserted into a contact lens, adapted to the curvature of the cornea of the subject. The software used for data analysis can combine or compare eye and head movements and can represent them as 2D or 3D images. Preliminary data involve an initial patient who was asked to perform several tasks to establish the accuracy, reliability, and tolerance of the magnetic eye tracker and software. The tasks included assessment of saccadic eye movements and pursuit, “drawing” alphabetic shapes or letters, and reading. Finally, a Head Impulse Test (HIT) was performed to estimate the VOR gain, comparing the standard deviation established via vHIT with that established via this magnetic eye tracker (mHIT). This prototypical device is minimally invasive, lightweight, relatively cheap, and tolerable, with a high degree of reliability and precision. All these characteristics could lead to the future use of the magnetic eye tracker in neurological and otoneurological fields.

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2023
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10. Speech perception improvement through rTMS in hearing loss

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Francesco Neri, Chiara CAppello, Maria Luigia Tomai Pitinca, Sabrina Taddei, Francesca Viberti, Alessandra Cinti, Alberto Benelli, Emiliano Santarnecchi, Marco Mandalà, and Simone Rossi

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Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry, RC321-571
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2023
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12. Risk of falls, vestibular multimodal processing, and multisensory integration decline in the elderly–Predictive role of the functional head impulse test

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Leandro Politi, Lorenzo Salerni, Luciano Bubbico, Fabio Ferretti, Mario Carucci, Giovanni Rubegni, and Marco Mandalà

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elderly, falls, presbyastasis, cognitive decline, functional head impulse test, Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, RC346-429
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Age-related degeneration of the vestibular system, also known as presbyastasis, leads to unstable gait and higher risk of falls. These conditions affect lifestyle and may have non-negligible social repercussions due to fear-related states of anxiety and depression. In order to develop a model for predicting risk of falls, we assessed vestibulo-ocular function by video and functional Head Impulse Tests (vHIT and fHIT) and their possible correlations with Tinetti Balance Test score. Thirty-one patients over 65 years of age admitted with trauma due to falls were recruited. Vestibular evaluation (complete otoneurological assessment, vHIT, fHIT), cognitive tests (Mini Mental State Examination), anxiety and depression evaluation and Tinetti Balance Test were performed. The possibility of a correlation between the head impulse tests (vHIT, fHIT) and the Tinetti Balance Test was investigated by logistic regression analysis (Nagelkerke r2 and Wald test). A linear correlation was found between the Tinetti Balance Test score and fHIT, whereas no correlation was found for vHIT. Functional HIT is an effective test for predicting the risk of falls in elderly patients.

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2022
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13. rTMS increases speech perception ability in deaf patients

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Francesco Neri, Chiara Cappello, Francesca Viberti, Aniello Donniacuo, Lucia Burzi, Alessandra Cinti, Alberto Benelli, Carmelo Luca Smeralda, Sara Romanella, Emiliano Santarnecchi, Marco Mandalà, and Simone Rossi

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Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry, RC321-571
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2023
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15. Care Gaps and Recommendations in Vestibular Migraine: An Expert Panel Summit

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Monica P. Mallampalli, Habib G. Rizk, Amir Kheradmand, Shin C. Beh, Mehdi Abouzari, Alaina M. Bassett, James Buskirk, Claire E. J. Ceriani, Matthew G. Crowson, Hamid Djalilian, Joel A. Goebel, Jeffery J. Kuhn, Anne E. Luebke, Marco Mandalà, Magdalena Nowaczewska, Nicole Spare, Roberto Teggi, Maurizio Versino, Hsiangkuo Yuan, Ashley Zaleski-King, Michael Teixido, and Frederick Godley

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vestibular migraine, chronic migraine (CM), trigemino-vascular pathway, vertigo-pathophysiology, vestibular disorders, Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, RC346-429
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Vestibular migraine (VM) is an increasingly recognized pathology yet remains as an underdiagnosed cause of vestibular disorders. While current diagnostic criteria are codified in the 2012 Barany Society document and included in the third edition of the international classification of headache disorders, the pathophysiology of this disorder is still elusive. The Association for Migraine Disorders hosted a multidisciplinary, international expert workshop in October 2020 and identified seven current care gaps that the scientific community needs to resolve, including a better understanding of the range of symptoms and phenotypes of VM, the lack of a diagnostic marker, a better understanding of pathophysiologic mechanisms, as well as the lack of clear recommendations for interventions (nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic) and finally, the need for specific outcome measures that will guide clinicians as well as research into the efficacy of interventions. The expert group issued several recommendations to address those areas including establishing a global VM registry, creating an improved diagnostic algorithm using available vestibular tests as well as others that are in development, conducting appropriate trials of high quality to validate current clinically available treatment and fostering collaborative efforts to elucidate the pathophysiologic mechanisms underlying VM, specifically the role of the trigemino-vascular pathways.

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2022
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16. A Retrospective Evaluation to Assess Reliability of Electrophysiological Methods for Diagnosis of Hearing Loss in Infants

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Marco Mandalà, Luca Mazzocchin, Bryan Kevin Ward, Francesca Viberti, Ilaria Bindi, Lorenzo Salerni, Giacomo Colletti, Liliana Colletti, and Vittorio Colletti

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infants, auditory electrophysiological investigation, cochlear implant, auditory brainstem implant, reliability, Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry, RC321-571
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Background: An electrophysiological investigation with auditory brainstem response (ABR), round window electrocochleography (RW-ECoG), and electrical-ABR (E-ABR) was performed in children with suspected hearing loss with the purpose of early diagnosis and treatment. The effectiveness of the electrophysiological measures as diagnostic tools was assessed in this study. Methods: In this retrospective case series with chart review, 790 children below 3 years of age with suspected profound hearing loss were tested with impedance audiometry and underwent electrophysiological investigation (ABR, RW-ECoG, and E-ABR). All implanted cases underwent pure-tone audiometry (PTA) of the non-implanted ear at least 5 years after surgery for a long-term assessment of the reliability of the protocol. Results: Two hundred and fourteen children showed bilateral severe-to-profound hearing loss. In 56 children with either ABR thresholds between 70 and 90 dB nHL or no response, RW-ECoG showed thresholds below 70 dB nHL. In the 21 infants with bilateral profound sensorineural hearing loss receiving a unilateral cochlear implant, no statistically significant differences were found in auditory thresholds in the non-implanted ear between electrophysiological measures and PTA at the last follow-up (p > 0.05). Eight implanted children showed residual hearing below 2000 Hz worse than 100 dB nHL and 2 children showed pantonal residual hearing worse than 100 dB nHL (p > 0.05). Conclusion: The audiological evaluation of infants with a comprehensive protocol is highly reliable. RW-ECoG provided a better definition of hearing thresholds, while E-ABR added useful information in cases of auditory nerve deficiency.

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2022
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17. Current trends on subtotal petrosectomy with cochlear implantation in recalcitrant chronic middle ear disorders

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Pietro Canzi, Stefano Berrettini, Andrea Albera, Maurizio Barbara, Luca Bruschini, Andrea Canale, Elena Carlotto, Edoardo Covelli, Domenico Cuda, Francesco Dispenza, Maurizio Falcioni, Francesca Forli, Sebastiano Franchella, Lorenzo Gaini, Salvatore Gallina, Andrea Laborai, Ruggero Lapenna, Francesco Lazzerini, Stefano Malpede, Marco Mandalà, Domenico Minervini, Enrico Pasanisi, Giampietro Ricci, Francesca Viberti, Diego Zanetti, Elisabetta Zanoletti, and Marco Benazzo

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General Energy, Otorhinolaryngology
Published
2023

18. A Wearable Wireless Magnetic Eye-Tracker, in-vitro and in-vivo Tests

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francesca viberti, Leonardo Stiaccini, Marco Mandalà, Aniello Donniacuo, Piero Chessa, Roberto Cecchi, Mario Carucci, Valerio Biancalana, and Giuseppe Bevilacqua

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Magnetoresistor, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Sensor Array, Eye Tracking, Magnetic field measurement, FOS: Physical sciences, Applied Physics (physics.app-ph), Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Physics - Applied Physics, Magnetometers, Physics - Medical Physics, Magnetic heads, Calibration, Eye Motion, Head, Magnetic Sensor, Magnetic tracker, Sensor arrays, Visualization, Medical Physics (physics.med-ph)
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A wireless, wearable magnetic eye tracker is described and characterized. The proposed instrumentation enables simultaneous evaluation of eye and head angular displacements. Such a system can be used to determine the absolute gaze direction as well as to analyze spontaneous eye re-orientation in response to stimuli consisting in head rotations. The latter feature has implications to analyze the vestibulo-ocular reflex and constitutes an interesting opportunity to develop medical (oto-neurological) diagnostics. Details of data analysis are reported together with some results obtained in-vivo or with simple mechanical simulators that enable measurements under controlled conditions., 11 pages, 7 figures, 46 references

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2023

20. A Wearable Wireless Magnetic Eye-Tracker

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francesca viberti, Leonardo Stiaccini, Marco Mandalà, Aniello Donniacuo, Piero Chessa, Roberto Cecchi, Mario Carucci, Valerio Biancalana, and Giuseppe Bevilacqua

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A wireless, wearable magnetic eye tracker is described and characterized. The proposed instrumentation enables simultaneous evaluation of eye and head angular displacements. Such a system can be used to determine the absolute gaze direction as well as to analyze spontaneous eye re-orientation in response to stimuli consisting in head rotations. The latter feature has implications to analyze the vestibulo-ocular reflex and constitutes an interesting opportunity to develop medical (oto-neurological) diagnostics. Details of data analysis are reported together with some results obtained in-vivo or with simple mechanical simulators that enable measurements under controlled conditions.

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2023

22. Ultra-rare RTEL1 gene variants associate with acute severity of COVID-19 and evolution to pulmonary fibrosis as a specific long COVID disorder

Author

Bergantini, Laura, Baldassarri, Margherita, D'Alessandro, Miriana, Brunelli, Giulia, Fabbri, Gaia, Zguro, Kristina, Degl'Innocenti, Andrea, Fallerini, Chiara, Bargagli, Elena, Renieri, Alessandra GEN-COVID Multicenter study: Francesca Mari, Sergio, Daga, Ilaria, Meloni, Mirella, Bruttini, Susanna, Croci, Mirjam, Lista, Debora, Maffeo, Elena, Pasquinelli, Viola Bianca Serio, Enrica, Antolini, Simona Letizia Basso, Samantha, Minetto, Rossella, Tita, Maria Antonietta Mencarelli, Caterina Lo Rizzo, Anna Maria Pinto, Francesca, Ariani, Francesca, Montagnani, Mario, Tumbarello, Ilaria, Rancan, Massimiliano, Fabbiani, Paolo, Cameli, David, Bennett, Federico, Anedda, Simona, Marcantonio, Sabino, Scolletta, Federico, Franchi, Maria Antonietta Mazzei, Susanna, Guerrini, Edoardo, Conticini, Luca, Cantarini, Bruno, Frediani, Danilo, Tacconi, Chiara Spertilli Raffaelli, Arianna, Emiliozzi, Marco, Feri, Alice, Donati, Raffaele, Scala, Luca, Guidelli, Genni, Spargi, Marta, Corridi, Cesira, Nencioni, Leonardo, Croci, Gian Piero Caldarelli, Davide, Romani, Paolo, Piacentini, Maria, Bandini, Elena, Desanctis, Silvia, Cappelli, Anna, Canaccini, Agnese, Verzuri, Valentina, Anemoli, Manola, Pisani, Agostino, Ognibene, Maria, Lorubbio, Alessandro, Pancrazzi, Massimo, Vaghi, Antonella, D 'Arminio Monforte, Federica Gaia Miraglia, Mario, U Mondelli, Stefania, Mantovani, Raffaele, Bruno, Marco, Vecchia, Marcello, Maffezzoni, Enrico, Martinelli, Massimo, Girardis, Stefano, Busani, Sophie, Venturelli, Andrea, Cossarizza, Andrea, Antinori, Alessandra, Vergori, Stefano, Rusconi, Matteo, Siano, Arianna, Gabrieli, Agostino, Riva, Daniela, Francisci, Elisabetta, Schiaroli, Carlo, Pallotto, Saverio Giuseppe Parisi, Monica, Basso, Sandro, Panese, Stefano, Baratti, Pier Giorgio Scotton, Francesca, Andretta, Mario, Giobbia, Renzo, Scaggiante, Francesca, Gatti, Francesco, Castelli, Eugenia, Quiros-Roldan, Melania Degli Antoni, Isabella, Zanella, Matteo Della Monica, Carmelo, Piscopo, Mario, Capasso, Roberta, Russo, Immacolata, Andolfo, Achille, Iolascon, Giuseppe, Fiorentino, Massimo, Carella, Marco, Castori, Giuseppe, Merla, Gabriella Maria Squeo, Filippo, Aucella, Pamela, Raggi, Rita, Perna, Matteo, Bassetti, Antonio Di Biagio, Maurizio, Sanguinetti, Luca, Masucci, Alessandra, Guarnaccia, Serafina, Valente, Alex Di Florio, Marco, Mandalà, Alessia, Giorli, Lorenzo, Salerni, Patrizia, Zucchi, Pierpaolo, Parravicini, Elisabetta, Menatti, Tullio, Trotta, Ferdinando, Giannattasio, Gabriella, Coiro, Fabio, Lena, Gianluca, Lacerenza, Cristina, Mussini, Luisa, Tavecchia, Lia, Crotti, Gianfranco, Parati, Roberto, Menè, Maurizio, Sanarico, Marco, Gori, Francesco, Raimondi, Alessandra, Stella, Filippo, Biscarini, Tiziana, Bachetti, Maria Teresa La Rovere, Maurizio, Bussotti, Serena, Ludovisi, Katia, Capitani, Simona, Dei, Sabrina, Ravaglia, Annarita, Giliberti, Giulia, Gori, Rosangela, Artuso, Elena, Andreucci, Angelica, Pagliazzi, Erika, Fiorentini, Antonio, Perrella, Francesco, Bianchi, Paola, Bergomi, Emanuele, Catena, Riccardo, Colombo, Sauro, Luchi, Giovanna, Morelli, Paola, Petrocelli, Sarah, Iacopini, Sara, Modica, Silvia, Baroni, Micheli, Giulia, Marco, Falcone, Donato, Urso, Giusy, Tiseo, Tommaso, Matucci, Grassi, Davide, Ferri, Claudio, Marinangeli, Franco, Brancati, Francesco, Antonella, Vincenti, Valentina, Borgo, Lombardi, Stefania, Mirco, Lenzi, Massimo Antonio Di Pietro, Francesca, Vichi, Benedetta, Romanin, Letizia, Attala, Cecilia, Costa, Andrea, Gabbuti, Alessio, Bellucci, Marta, Colaneri, Patrizia, Casprini, Cristoforo, Pomara, Massimiliano, Esposito, Roberto, Leoncini, Michele, Cirianni, Lucrezia, Galasso, Marco Antonio Bellini, Chiara, Gabbi, Nicola, Picchiotti, and Simone, Furini

Subjects
COVID-19, Long COVID, Pulmonary fibrosis, RTEL1
Published
2023

23. An explainable model of host genetic interactions linked to COVID-19 severity

Author

Anthony, O, Nicola, P, Chiara, F, Margherita, B, Francesca, F, Francesca, C, Alessandra, R, Simone, F, Francesco, R, Mari, F, Daga, S, Benetti, E, Bruttini, M, Palmieri, M, Croci, S, Amitrano, S, Meloni, I, Frullanti, E, Doddato, G, Lista, M, Beligni, G, Valentino, F, Zguro, K, Tita, R, Giliberti, A, Antonietta Mencarelli, M, Lo Rizzo, C, Maria Pinto, A, Ariani, F, Di Sarno, L, Montagnani, F, Tumbarello, M, Rancan, I, Fabbiani, M, Rossetti, B, Bergantini, L, D’Alessandro, M, Cameli, P, Bennett, D, Anedda, F, Marcantonio, S, Scolletta, S, Franchi, F, Antonietta Mazzei, M, Guerrini, S, Conticini, E, Cantarini, L, Frediani, B, Tacconi, D, Spertilli Raffaelli, C, Feri, M, Donati, A, Scala, R, Guidelli, L, Spargi, G, Corridi, M, Nencioni, C, Croci, L, Piero Caldarelli, G, Romani, D, Piacentini, P, Bandini, M, Desanctis, E, Cappelli, S, Canaccini, A, Verzuri, A, Anemoli, V, Pisani, M, Ognibene, A, Pancrazzi, A, Lorubbio, M, Vaghi, M, D’Arminio Monforte, A, Gaia Miraglia, F, Bruno, R, Vecchia, M, Girardis, M, Venturelli, S, Busani, S, Cossarizza, A, Antinori, A, Vergori, A, Emiliozzi, A, Rusconi, S, Siano, M, Gabrieli, A, Riva, A, Francisci, D, Schiaroli, E, Paciosi, F, Tommasi, A, Zuccon, U, Vietri, L, Giorgio Scotton, P, Andretta, F, Panese, S, Baratti, S, Scaggiante, R, Gatti, F, Giuseppe Parisi, S, Castelli, F, Quiros-Roldan, E, Degli Antoni, M, Zanella, I, Della Monica, M, Piscopo, C, Capasso, M, Russo, R, Andolfo, I, Iolascon, A, Fiorentino, G, Carella, M, Castori, M, Aucella, F, Raggi, P, Perna, R, Bassetti, M, Di Biagio, A, Sanguinetti, M, Masucci, L, Guarnaccia, A, Valente, S, De Vivo, O, Bargagli, E, Mandalà, M, Giorli, A, Salerni, L, Zucchi, P, Parravicini, P, Menatti, E, Trotta, T, Giannattasio, F, Coiro, G, Lena, F, Lacerenza, G, Coviello, D, Mussini, C, Martinelli, E, Tavecchia, L, Ann Belli, M, Crotti, L, Parati, G, Sanarico, M, Biscarini, F, Stella, A, Rizzi, M, Maggiolo, F, Ripamonti, D, Suardi, C, Bachetti, T, Teresa La Rovere, M, Sarzi-Braga, S, Bussotti, M, Capitani, K, Dei, S, Ravaglia, S, Artuso, R, Andreucci, E, Gori, G, Pagliazzi, A, Fiorentini, E, Perrella, A, Bianchi, F, Bergomi, P, Catena, E, Colombo, R, Luchi, S, Morelli, G, Petrocelli, P, Iacopini, S, Modica, S, Baroni, S, Vladimiro Segala, F, Menichetti, F, Falcone, M, Tiseo, G, Barbieri, C, Matucci, T, Grassi, D, Ferri, C, Marinangeli, F, Brancati, F, Vincenti, A, Borgo, V, Lombardi, S, Lenzi, M, Antonio Di Pietro, M, Vichi, F, Romanin, B, Attala, L, Costa, C, Gabbuti, A, Menè, R, Colaneri, M, Casprini, P, Merla, G, Maria Squeo, G, Maffezzoni, M, Mantovani, S, Mondelli &amp, M, Ludovisi, S, Onoja, Anthony, Picchiotti, Nicola, Fallerini, Chiara, Baldassarri, Margherita, Fava, Francesca, Colombo, Francesca, Chiaromonte, Francesca, Renieri, Alessandra, Furini, Simone, Raimondi Francesco, Francesca Mari, Sergio Daga, Elisa Benetti, Mirella Bruttini, Maria Palmieri, Susanna Croci, Sara Amitrano, Ilaria Meloni, Elisa Frullanti, Gabriella Doddato, Mirjam Lista, Giada Beligni, Floriana Valentino, Kristina Zguro, Rossella Tita, Annarita Giliberti, Maria Antonietta Mencarelli, Caterina Lo Rizzo, Anna Maria Pinto, Francesca Ariani, Laura Di Sarno, Francesca Montagnani, Mario Tumbarello, Ilaria Rancan, Massimiliano Fabbiani, Barbara Rossetti, Laura Bergantini, Miriana D’Alessandro, Paolo Cameli, David Bennett, Federico Anedda, Simona Marcantonio, Sabino Scolletta, Federico Franchi, Maria Antonietta Mazzei, Susanna Guerrini, Edoardo Conticini, Luca Cantarini, Bruno Frediani, Danilo Tacconi, Chiara Spertilli Raffaelli, Marco Feri, Alice Donati, Raffaele Scala, Luca Guidelli, Genni Spargi, Marta Corridi, Cesira Nencioni, Leonardo Croci, Gian Piero Caldarelli, Davide Romani, Paolo Piacentini, Maria Bandini, Elena Desanctis, Silvia Cappelli, Anna Canaccini, Agnese Verzuri, Valentina Anemoli, Manola Pisani, Agostino Ognibene, Alessandro Pancrazzi, Maria Lorubbio, Massimo Vaghi, Antonella D’Arminio Monforte, Federica Gaia Miraglia, Raffaele Bruno, Marco Vecchia, Massimo Girardis, Sophie Venturelli, Stefano Busani, Andrea Cossarizza, Andrea Antinori, Alessandra Vergori, Arianna Emiliozzi, Stefano Rusconi, Matteo Siano, Arianna Gabrieli, Agostino Riva, Daniela Francisci, Elisabetta Schiaroli, Francesco Paciosi, Andrea Tommasi, Umberto Zuccon, Lucia Vietri, Pier Giorgio Scotton, Francesca Andretta, Sandro Panese, Stefano Baratti, Renzo Scaggiante, Francesca Gatti, Saverio Giuseppe Parisi, Francesco Castelli, Eugenia Quiros-Roldan, Melania Degli Antoni, Isabella Zanella, Matteo Della Monica, Carmelo Piscopo, Mario Capasso, Roberta Russo, Immacolata Andolfo, Achille Iolascon, Giuseppe Fiorentino, Massimo Carella, Marco Castori, Filippo Aucella, Pamela Raggi, Rita Perna, Matteo Bassetti, Antonio Di Biagio, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Luca Masucci, Alessandra Guarnaccia, Serafina Valente, Oreste De Vivo, Elena Bargagli, Marco Mandalà, Alessia Giorli, Lorenzo Salerni, Patrizia Zucchi, Pierpaolo Parravicini, Elisabetta Menatti, Tullio Trotta, Ferdinando Giannattasio, Gabriella Coiro, Fabio Lena, Gianluca Lacerenza, Domenico A. Coviello, Cristina Mussini, Enrico Martinelli, Luisa Tavecchia, Mary Ann Belli, Lia Crotti, Gianfranco Parati, Maurizio Sanarico, Filippo Biscarini, Alessandra Stella, Marco Rizzi, Franco Maggiolo, Diego Ripamonti, Claudia Suardi, Tiziana Bachetti, Maria Teresa La Rovere, Simona Sarzi-Braga, Maurizio Bussotti, Katia Capitani, Simona Dei, Sabrina Ravaglia, Rosangela Artuso, Elena Andreucci, Giulia Gori, Angelica Pagliazzi, Erika Fiorentini, Antonio Perrella, Francesco Bianchi, Paola Bergomi, Emanuele Catena, Riccardo Colombo, Sauro Luchi, Giovanna Morelli, Paola Petrocelli, Sarah Iacopini, Sara Modica, Silvia Baroni, Francesco Vladimiro Segala, Francesco Menichetti, Marco Falcone, Giusy Tiseo, Chiara Barbieri, Tommaso Matucci, Davide Grassi, Claudio Ferri, Franco Marinangeli, Francesco Brancati, Antonella Vincenti, Valentina Borgo, Stefania Lombardi, Mirco Lenzi, Massimo Antonio Di Pietro, Francesca Vichi, Benedetta Romanin, Letizia Attala, Cecilia Costa, Andrea Gabbuti, Roberto Menè, Marta Colaneri, Patrizia Casprini, Giuseppe Merla, Gabriella Maria Squeo, Marcello Maffezzoni, Stefania Mantovani, Mario U. Mondelli &, Serena Ludovisi, Anthony, O, Nicola, P, Chiara, F, Margherita, B, Francesca, F, Francesca, C, Alessandra, R, Simone, F, Francesco, R, Mari, F, Daga, S, Benetti, E, Bruttini, M, Palmieri, M, Croci, S, Amitrano, S, Meloni, I, Frullanti, E, Doddato, G, Lista, M, Beligni, G, Valentino, F, Zguro, K, Tita, R, Giliberti, A, Antonietta Mencarelli, M, Lo Rizzo, C, Maria Pinto, A, Ariani, F, Di Sarno, L, Montagnani, F, Tumbarello, M, Rancan, I, Fabbiani, M, Rossetti, B, Bergantini, L, D’Alessandro, M, Cameli, P, Bennett, D, Anedda, F, Marcantonio, S, Scolletta, S, Franchi, F, Antonietta Mazzei, M, Guerrini, S, Conticini, E, Cantarini, L, Frediani, B, Tacconi, D, Spertilli Raffaelli, C, Feri, M, Donati, A, Scala, R, Guidelli, L, Spargi, G, Corridi, M, Nencioni, C, Croci, L, Piero Caldarelli, G, Romani, D, Piacentini, P, Bandini, M, Desanctis, E, Cappelli, S, Canaccini, A, Verzuri, A, Anemoli, V, Pisani, M, Ognibene, A, Pancrazzi, A, Lorubbio, M, Vaghi, M, D’Arminio Monforte, A, Gaia Miraglia, F, Bruno, R, Vecchia, M, Girardis, M, Venturelli, S, Busani, S, Cossarizza, A, Antinori, A, Vergori, A, Emiliozzi, A, Rusconi, S, Siano, M, Gabrieli, A, Riva, A, Francisci, D, Schiaroli, E, Paciosi, F, Tommasi, A, Zuccon, U, Vietri, L, Giorgio Scotton, P, Andretta, F, Panese, S, Baratti, S, Scaggiante, R, Gatti, F, Giuseppe Parisi, S, Castelli, F, Quiros-Roldan, E, Degli Antoni, M, Zanella, I, Della Monica, M, Piscopo, C, Capasso, M, Russo, R, Andolfo, I, Iolascon, A, Fiorentino, G, Carella, M, Castori, M, Aucella, F, Raggi, P, Perna, R, Bassetti, M, Di Biagio, A, Sanguinetti, M, Masucci, L, Guarnaccia, A, Valente, S, De Vivo, O, Bargagli, E, Mandalà, M, Giorli, A, Salerni, L, Zucchi, P, Parravicini, P, Menatti, E, Trotta, T, Giannattasio, F, Coiro, G, Lena, F, Lacerenza, G, Coviello, D, Mussini, C, Martinelli, E, Tavecchia, L, Ann Belli, M, Crotti, L, Parati, G, Sanarico, M, Biscarini, F, Stella, A, Rizzi, M, Maggiolo, F, Ripamonti, D, Suardi, C, Bachetti, T, Teresa La Rovere, M, Sarzi-Braga, S, Bussotti, M, Capitani, K, Dei, S, Ravaglia, S, Artuso, R, Andreucci, E, Gori, G, Pagliazzi, A, Fiorentini, E, Perrella, A, Bianchi, F, Bergomi, P, Catena, E, Colombo, R, Luchi, S, Morelli, G, Petrocelli, P, Iacopini, S, Modica, S, Baroni, S, Vladimiro Segala, F, Menichetti, F, Falcone, M, Tiseo, G, Barbieri, C, Matucci, T, Grassi, D, Ferri, C, Marinangeli, F, Brancati, F, Vincenti, A, Borgo, V, Lombardi, S, Lenzi, M, Antonio Di Pietro, M, Vichi, F, Romanin, B, Attala, L, Costa, C, Gabbuti, A, Menè, R, Colaneri, M, Casprini, P, Merla, G, Maria Squeo, G, Maffezzoni, M, Mantovani, S, Mondelli &amp, M, Ludovisi, S, Onoja, Anthony, Picchiotti, Nicola, Fallerini, Chiara, Baldassarri, Margherita, Fava, Francesca, Colombo, Francesca, Chiaromonte, Francesca, Renieri, Alessandra, Furini, Simone, Raimondi Francesco, Francesca Mari, Sergio Daga, Elisa Benetti, Mirella Bruttini, Maria Palmieri, Susanna Croci, Sara Amitrano, Ilaria Meloni, Elisa Frullanti, Gabriella Doddato, Mirjam Lista, Giada Beligni, Floriana Valentino, Kristina Zguro, Rossella Tita, Annarita Giliberti, Maria Antonietta Mencarelli, Caterina Lo Rizzo, Anna Maria Pinto, Francesca Ariani, Laura Di Sarno, Francesca Montagnani, Mario Tumbarello, Ilaria Rancan, Massimiliano Fabbiani, Barbara Rossetti, Laura Bergantini, Miriana D’Alessandro, Paolo Cameli, David Bennett, Federico Anedda, Simona Marcantonio, Sabino Scolletta, Federico Franchi, Maria Antonietta Mazzei, Susanna Guerrini, Edoardo Conticini, Luca Cantarini, Bruno Frediani, Danilo Tacconi, Chiara Spertilli Raffaelli, Marco Feri, Alice Donati, Raffaele Scala, Luca Guidelli, Genni Spargi, Marta Corridi, Cesira Nencioni, Leonardo Croci, Gian Piero Caldarelli, Davide Romani, Paolo Piacentini, Maria Bandini, Elena Desanctis, Silvia Cappelli, Anna Canaccini, Agnese Verzuri, Valentina Anemoli, Manola Pisani, Agostino Ognibene, Alessandro Pancrazzi, Maria Lorubbio, Massimo Vaghi, Antonella D’Arminio Monforte, Federica Gaia Miraglia, Raffaele Bruno, Marco Vecchia, Massimo Girardis, Sophie Venturelli, Stefano Busani, Andrea Cossarizza, Andrea Antinori, Alessandra Vergori, Arianna Emiliozzi, Stefano Rusconi, Matteo Siano, Arianna Gabrieli, Agostino Riva, Daniela Francisci, Elisabetta Schiaroli, Francesco Paciosi, Andrea Tommasi, Umberto Zuccon, Lucia Vietri, Pier Giorgio Scotton, Francesca Andretta, Sandro Panese, Stefano Baratti, Renzo Scaggiante, Francesca Gatti, Saverio Giuseppe Parisi, Francesco Castelli, Eugenia Quiros-Roldan, Melania Degli Antoni, Isabella Zanella, Matteo Della Monica, Carmelo Piscopo, Mario Capasso, Roberta Russo, Immacolata Andolfo, Achille Iolascon, Giuseppe Fiorentino, Massimo Carella, Marco Castori, Filippo Aucella, Pamela Raggi, Rita Perna, Matteo Bassetti, Antonio Di Biagio, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Luca Masucci, Alessandra Guarnaccia, Serafina Valente, Oreste De Vivo, Elena Bargagli, Marco Mandalà, Alessia Giorli, Lorenzo Salerni, Patrizia Zucchi, Pierpaolo Parravicini, Elisabetta Menatti, Tullio Trotta, Ferdinando Giannattasio, Gabriella Coiro, Fabio Lena, Gianluca Lacerenza, Domenico A. Coviello, Cristina Mussini, Enrico Martinelli, Luisa Tavecchia, Mary Ann Belli, Lia Crotti, Gianfranco Parati, Maurizio Sanarico, Filippo Biscarini, Alessandra Stella, Marco Rizzi, Franco Maggiolo, Diego Ripamonti, Claudia Suardi, Tiziana Bachetti, Maria Teresa La Rovere, Simona Sarzi-Braga, Maurizio Bussotti, Katia Capitani, Simona Dei, Sabrina Ravaglia, Rosangela Artuso, Elena Andreucci, Giulia Gori, Angelica Pagliazzi, Erika Fiorentini, Antonio Perrella, Francesco Bianchi, Paola Bergomi, Emanuele Catena, Riccardo Colombo, Sauro Luchi, Giovanna Morelli, Paola Petrocelli, Sarah Iacopini, Sara Modica, Silvia Baroni, Francesco Vladimiro Segala, Francesco Menichetti, Marco Falcone, Giusy Tiseo, Chiara Barbieri, Tommaso Matucci, Davide Grassi, Claudio Ferri, Franco Marinangeli, Francesco Brancati, Antonella Vincenti, Valentina Borgo, Stefania Lombardi, Mirco Lenzi, Massimo Antonio Di Pietro, Francesca Vichi, Benedetta Romanin, Letizia Attala, Cecilia Costa, Andrea Gabbuti, Roberto Menè, Marta Colaneri, Patrizia Casprini, Giuseppe Merla, Gabriella Maria Squeo, Marcello Maffezzoni, Stefania Mantovani, Mario U. Mondelli &, and Serena Ludovisi

Abstract

We employed a multifaceted computational strategy to identify the genetic factors contributing to increased risk of severe COVID-19 infection from a Whole Exome Sequencing (WES) dataset of a cohort of 2000 Italian patients. We coupled a stratified k-fold screening, to rank variants more associated with severity, with the training of multiple supervised classifiers, to predict severity based on screened features. Feature importance analysis from tree-based models allowed us to identify 16 variants with the highest support which, together with age and gender covariates, were found to be most predictive of COVID-19 severity. When tested on a follow-up cohort, our ensemble of models predicted severity with high accuracy (ACC = 81.88%; AUCROC = 96%; MCC = 61.55%). Our model recapitulated a vast literature of emerging molecular mechanisms and genetic factors linked to COVID-19 response and extends previous landmark Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS). It revealed a network of interplaying genetic signatures converging on established immune system and inflammatory processes linked to viral infection response. It also identified additional processes cross-talking with immune pathways, such as GPCR signaling, which might offer additional opportunities for therapeutic intervention and patient stratification. Publicly available PheWAS datasets revealed that several variants were significantly associated with phenotypic traits such as “Respiratory or thoracic disease”, supporting their link with COVID-19 severity outcome.

Published
2022

24. An explainable model of host genetic interactions linked to COVID-19 severity

Author

Onoja, Anthony, Picchiotti, Nicola, Fallerini, Chiara, Baldassarri, Margherita, Fava, Francesca, Colombo, Francesca, Chiaromonte, Francesca, Renieri, Alessandra, Furini, Simone, Raimondi, Francesco GEN-COVID Multicenter Study: Francesca Mari, Sergio, Daga, Elisa, Benetti, Mirella, Bruttini, Maria, Palmieri, Susanna, Croci, Sara, Amitrano, Ilaria, Meloni, Elisa, Frullanti, Gabriella, Doddato, Mirjam, Lista, Giada, Beligni, Floriana, Valentino, Kristina, Zguro, Rossella, Tita, Annarita, Giliberti, Maria Antonietta Mencarelli, Caterina Lo Rizzo, Anna Maria Pinto, Francesca, Ariani, Laura Di Sarno, Francesca, Montagnani, Mario, Tumbarello, Ilaria, Rancan, Massimiliano, Fabbiani, Barbara, Rossetti, Laura, Bergantini, Miriana, D'Alessandro, Paolo, Cameli, David, Bennett, Federico, Anedda, Simona, Marcantonio, Sabino, Scolletta, Federico, Franchi, Maria Antonietta Mazzei, Susanna, Guerrini, Edoardo, Conticini, Luca, Cantarini, Bruno, Frediani, Danilo, Tacconi, Chiara Spertilli Raffaelli, Marco, Feri, Alice, Donati, Raffaele, Scala, Luca, Guidelli, Genni, Spargi, Marta, Corridi, Cesira, Nencioni, Leonardo, Croci, Gian Piero Caldarelli, Davide, Romani, Paolo, Piacentini, Maria, Bandini, Elena, Desanctis, Silvia, Cappelli, Anna, Canaccini, Agnese, Verzuri, Valentina, Anemoli, Manola, Pisani, Agostino, Ognibene, Alessandro, Pancrazzi, Maria, Lorubbio, Massimo, Vaghi, Antonella D'Arminio Monforte, Federica Gaia Miraglia, Raffaele, Bruno, Marco, Vecchia, Massimo, Girardis, Sophie, Venturelli, Stefano, Busani, Andrea, Cossarizza, Andrea, Antinori, Alessandra, Vergori, Arianna, Emiliozzi, Stefano, Rusconi, Matteo, Siano, Arianna, Gabrieli, Agostino, Riva, Daniela, Francisci, Elisabetta, Schiaroli, Francesco, Paciosi, Andrea, Tommasi, Umberto, Zuccon, Lucia, Vietri, Pier Giorgio Scotton, Francesca, Andretta, Sandro, Panese, Stefano, Baratti, Renzo, Scaggiante, Francesca, Gatti, Saverio Giuseppe Parisi, Francesco, Castelli, Eugenia, Quiros-Roldan, Melania Degli Antoni, Isabella, Zanella, Matteo Della Monica, Carmelo, Piscopo, Mario, Capasso, Roberta, Russo, Immacolata, Andolfo, Achille, Iolascon, Giuseppe, Fiorentino, Massimo, Carella, Marco, Castori, Filippo, Aucella, Pamela, Raggi, Rita, Perna, Matteo, Bassetti, Antonio Di Biagio, Maurizio, Sanguinetti, Luca, Masucci, Alessandra, Guarnaccia, Serafina, Valente, Oreste De Vivo, Elena, Bargagli, Marco, Mandalà, Alessia, Giorli, Lorenzo, Salerni, Patrizia, Zucchi, Pierpaolo, Parravicini, Elisabetta, Menatti, Tullio, Trotta, Ferdinando, Giannattasio, Gabriella, Coiro, Fabio, Lena, Gianluca, Lacerenza, Domenico, A Coviello, Cristina, Mussini, Enrico, Martinelli, Luisa, Tavecchia, Mary Ann Belli, Lia, Crotti, Gianfranco, Parati, Maurizio, Sanarico, Filippo, Biscarini, Alessandra, Stella, Marco, Rizzi, Franco, Maggiolo, Diego, Ripamonti, Claudia, Suardi, Tiziana, Bachetti, Maria Teresa La Rovere, Simona, Sarzi-Braga, Maurizio, Bussotti, Katia, Capitani, Simona, Dei, Sabrina, Ravaglia, Rosangela, Artuso, Elena, Andreucci, Giulia, Gori, Angelica, Pagliazzi, Erika, Fiorentini, Antonio, Perrella, Francesco, Bianchi, Paola, Bergomi, Emanuele, Catena, Riccardo, Colombo, Sauro, Luchi, Giovanna, Morelli, Paola, Petrocelli, Sarah, Iacopini, Sara, Modica, Silvia, Baroni, Francesco Vladimiro Segala, Francesco, Menichetti, Marco, Falcone, Giusy, Tiseo, Chiara, Barbieri, Tommaso, Matucci, Grassi, Davide, Ferri, Claudio, Marinangeli, Franco, Brancati, Francesco, Antonella, Vincenti, Valentina, Borgo, Lombardi, Stefania, Mirco, Lenzi, Massimo Antonio Di Pietro, Francesca, Vichi, Benedetta, Romanin, Letizia, Attala, Cecilia, Costa, Andrea, Gabbuti, Roberto, Menè, Marta, Colaneri, Patrizia, Casprini, Giuseppe, Merla, Gabriella Maria Squeo, Marcello, Maffezzoni, Stefania, Mantovani, Mario, U Mondelli, Serena, Ludovisi, Onoja, Anthony, Picchiotti, Nicola, Fallerini, Chiara, Baldassarri, Margherita, Fava, Francesca, nbsp, Multicenter Study, GEN-COVID, Colombo, Francesca, Chiaromonte, Francesca, Renieri, Alessandra, Furini, Simone, Raimondi, Francesco, Anthony, O, Nicola, P, Chiara, F, Margherita, B, Francesca, F, Francesca, C, Alessandra, R, Simone, F, Francesco, R, Mari, F, Daga, S, Benetti, E, Bruttini, M, Palmieri, M, Croci, S, Amitrano, S, Meloni, I, Frullanti, E, Doddato, G, Lista, M, Beligni, G, Valentino, F, Zguro, K, Tita, R, Giliberti, A, Antonietta Mencarelli, M, Lo Rizzo, C, Maria Pinto, A, Ariani, F, Di Sarno, L, Montagnani, F, Tumbarello, M, Rancan, I, Fabbiani, M, Rossetti, B, Bergantini, L, D’Alessandro, M, Cameli, P, Bennett, D, Anedda, F, Marcantonio, S, Scolletta, S, Franchi, F, Antonietta Mazzei, M, Guerrini, S, Conticini, E, Cantarini, L, Frediani, B, Tacconi, D, Spertilli Raffaelli, C, Feri, M, Donati, A, Scala, R, Guidelli, L, Spargi, G, Corridi, M, Nencioni, C, Croci, L, Piero Caldarelli, G, Romani, D, Piacentini, P, Bandini, M, Desanctis, E, Cappelli, S, Canaccini, A, Verzuri, A, Anemoli, V, Pisani, M, Ognibene, A, Pancrazzi, A, Lorubbio, M, Vaghi, M, D’Arminio Monforte, A, Gaia Miraglia, F, Bruno, R, Vecchia, M, Girardis, M, Venturelli, S, Busani, S, Cossarizza, A, Antinori, A, Vergori, A, Emiliozzi, A, Rusconi, S, Siano, M, Gabrieli, A, Riva, A, Francisci, D, Schiaroli, E, Paciosi, F, Tommasi, A, Zuccon, U, Vietri, L, Giorgio Scotton, P, Andretta, F, Panese, S, Baratti, S, Scaggiante, R, Gatti, F, Giuseppe Parisi, S, Castelli, F, Quiros-Roldan, E, Degli Antoni, M, Zanella, I, Della Monica, M, Piscopo, C, Capasso, M, Russo, R, Andolfo, I, Iolascon, A, Fiorentino, G, Carella, M, Castori, M, Aucella, F, Raggi, P, Perna, R, Bassetti, M, Di Biagio, A, Sanguinetti, M, Masucci, L, Guarnaccia, A, Valente, S, De Vivo, O, Bargagli, E, Mandalà, M, Giorli, A, Salerni, L, Zucchi, P, Parravicini, P, Menatti, E, Trotta, T, Giannattasio, F, Coiro, G, Lena, F, Lacerenza, G, Coviello, D, Mussini, C, Martinelli, E, Tavecchia, L, Ann Belli, M, Crotti, L, Parati, G, Sanarico, M, Biscarini, F, Stella, A, Rizzi, M, Maggiolo, F, Ripamonti, D, Suardi, C, Bachetti, T, Teresa La Rovere, M, Sarzi-Braga, S, Bussotti, M, Capitani, K, Dei, S, Ravaglia, S, Artuso, R, Andreucci, E, Gori, G, Pagliazzi, A, Fiorentini, E, Perrella, A, Bianchi, F, Bergomi, P, Catena, E, Colombo, R, Luchi, S, Morelli, G, Petrocelli, P, Iacopini, S, Modica, S, Baroni, S, Vladimiro Segala, F, Menichetti, F, Falcone, M, Tiseo, G, Barbieri, C, Matucci, T, Grassi, D, Ferri, C, Marinangeli, F, Brancati, F, Vincenti, A, Borgo, V, Lombardi, S, Lenzi, M, Antonio Di Pietro, M, Vichi, F, Romanin, B, Attala, L, Costa, C, Gabbuti, A, Menè, R, Colaneri, M, Casprini, P, Merla, G, Maria Squeo, G, Maffezzoni, M, Mantovani, S, Mondelli &amp, M, and Ludovisi, S

Subjects
Genetics, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Host (biology), COVID-19, Medicine (miscellaneous), Settore BIO/11 - Biologia Molecolare, Biology, Settore MED/07 - MICROBIOLOGIA E MICROBIOLOGIA CLINICA, Whole Exome Sequencing, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, machine learning, Phenotype, Exome Sequencing, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, COVID, Human
Abstract

We employed a multifaceted computational strategy to identify the genetic factors contributing to increased risk of severe COVID-19 infection from a Whole Exome Sequencing (WES) dataset of a cohort of 2000 Italian patients. We coupled a stratified k-fold screening, to rank variants more associated with severity, with training of multiple supervised classifiers, to predict severity on the basis of screened features. Feature importance analysis from tree-based models allowed to identify a handful of 16 variants with highest support which, together with age and gender covariates, were found to be most predictive of COVID-19 severity. When tested on a follow-up cohort, our ensemble of models predicted severity with good accuracy (ACC=81.88%; ROC_AUC=96%; MCC=61.55%). Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and clustering of patients on important variants orthogonally identified two groups of individuals with a higher fraction of severe cases. Our model recapitulated a vast literature of emerging molecular mechanisms and genetic factors linked to COVID-19 response and extends previous landmark Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS). It revealed a network of interplaying genetic signatures converging on established immune system and inflammatory processes linked to viral infection response, such as JAK-STAT, Cytokine, Interleukin, and C-type lectin receptor signaling. It also identified additional processes cross-talking with immune pathways, such as GPCR signalling, which might offer additional opportunities for therapeutic intervention and patient stratification. Publicly available PheWAS datasets revealed that several variants were significantly associated with phenotypic traits such as “Respiratory or thoracic disease”, confirming their link with COVID-19 severity outcome. Taken together, our analysis suggests that curated genetic information can be effectively integrated along with other patient clinical covariates to forecast COVID-19 disease severity and dissect the underlying host genetic mechanisms for personalized medicine treatments.

Published
2022

25. SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility and COVID-19 disease severity are associated with genetic variants affecting gene expression in a variety of tissues

Author

Matteo D’Antonio, Jennifer P. Nguyen, Timothy D. Arthur, Hiroko Matsui, Agnieszka D’Antonio-Chronowska, Kelly A. Frazer, Benjamin M. Neale, Mark Daly, Andrea Ganna, Christine Stevens, Gita A. Pathak, Shea J. Andrews, Masahiro Kanai, Mattia Cordioli, Juha Karjalainen, Renato Polimanti, Matti Pirinen, Nadia Harerimana, Kumar Veerapen, Brooke Wolford, Huy Nguyen, Matthew Solomonson, Rachel G. Liao, Karolina Chwialkowska, Amy Trankiem, Mary K. Balaconis, Caroline Hayward, Anne Richmond, Archie Campbell, Marcela Morris, Chloe Fawns-Ritchie, Joseph T. Glessner, Douglas M. Shaw, Xiao Chang, Hannah Polikowski, Petty E. Lauren, Hung-Hsin Chen, Zhu Wanying, Hakon Hakonarson, David J. Porteous, Jennifer Below, Kari North, Joseph B. McCormick, Paul R.H.J. Timmers, James F. Wilson, Albert Tenesa, Kenton D’Mellow, Shona M. Kerr, Mari E.K. Niemi, Lindokuhle Nkambul, Kathrin Aprile von Hohenstaufen, Ali Sobh, Madonna M. Eltoukhy, Amr M. Yassen, Mohamed A.F. Hegazy, Kamal Okasha, Mohammed A. Eid, Hanteera S. Moahmed, Doaa Shahin, Yasser M. El-Sherbiny, Tamer A. Elhadidy, Mohamed S. Abd Elghafar, Jehan J. El-Jawhari, Attia A.S. Mohamed, Marwa H. Elnagdy, Amr Samir, Mahmoud Abdel-Aziz, Walid T. Khafaga, Walaa M. El-Lawaty, Mohamed S. Torky, Mohamed R. El-shanshory, Chiara Batini, Paul H. Lee, Nick Shrine, Alexander T. Williams, Martin D. Tobin, Anna L. Guyatt, Catherine John, Richard J. Packer, Altaf Ali, Robert C. Free, Xueyang Wang, Louise V. Wain, Edward J. Hollox, Laura D. Venn, Catherine E. Bee, Emma L. Adams, Ahmadreza Niavarani, Bahareh Sharififard, Rasoul Aliannejad, Ali Amirsavadkouhi, Zeinab Naderpour, Hengameh Ansari Tadi, Afshar Etemadi Aleagha, Saeideh Ahmadi, Seyed Behrooz Mohseni Moghaddam, Alireza Adamsara, Morteza Saeedi, Hamed Abdollahi, Abdolmajid Hosseini, Pajaree Chariyavilaskul, Monpat Chamnanphon, Thitima B. Suttichet, Vorasuk Shotelersuk, Monnat Pongpanich, Chureerat Phokaew, Wanna Chetruengchai, Watsamon Jantarabenjakul, Opass Putchareon, Pattama Torvorapanit, Thanyawee Puthanakit, Pintip Suchartlikitwong, Nattiya Hirankarn, Voraphoj Nilaratanakul, Pimpayao Sodsai, Ben M. Brumpton, Kristian Hveem, Cristen Willer, Wei Zhou, Tormod Rogne, Erik Solligard, Bjørn Olav Åsvold, Malak Abedalthagafi, Manal Alaamery, Saleh Alqahtani, Dona Baraka, Fawz Al Harthi, Ebtehal Alsolm, Leen Abu Safieh, Albandary M. Alowayn, Fatimah Alqubaishi, Amal Al Mutairi, Serghei Mangul, Abdulraheem Alshareef, Mona Sawaji, Mansour Almutairi, Nora Aljawini, Nour Albesher, Yaseen M. Arabi, Ebrahim S. Mahmoud, Amin K. Khattab, Roaa T. Halawani, Ziab Z. Alahmadey, Jehad K. Albakri, Walaa A. Felemban, Bandar A. Suliman, Rana Hasanato, Laila Al-Awdah, Jahad Alghamdi, Deema AlZahrani, Sameera AlJohani, Hani Al-Afghani, May Alrashed, Nouf AlDhawi, Hadeel AlBardis, Sarah Alkwai, Moneera Alswailm, Faisal Almalki, Maha Albeladi, Iman Almohammed, Eman Barhoush, Anoud Albader, Salam Massadeh, Abdulaziz AlMalik, Sara Alotaibi, Bader Alghamdi, Junghyun Jung, Mohammad S. Fawzy, Yunsung Lee, Per Magnus, Lill-Iren S. Trogstad, Øyvind Helgeland, Jennifer R. Harris, Massimo Mangino, Tim D. Spector, Duncan Emma, Sandra P. Smieszek, Bartlomiej P. Przychodzen, Christos Polymeropoulos, Vasilios Polymeropoulos, Mihael H. Polymeropoulos, Israel Fernandez-Cadenas, Jordi Perez-Tur, Laia Llucià-Carol, Natalia Cullell, Elena Muiño, Jara Cárcel-Márquez, Marta L. DeDiego, Lara Lloret Iglesias, Anna M. Planas, Alex Soriano, Veronica Rico, Daiana Agüero, Josep L. Bedini, Francisco Lozano, Carlos Domingo, Veronica Robles, Francisca Ruiz-Jaén, Leonardo Márquez, Juan Gomez, Eliecer Coto, Guillermo M. Albaiceta, Marta García-Clemente, David Dalmau, Maria J. Arranz, Beatriz Dietl, Alex Serra-Llovich, Pere Soler, Roger Colobrán, Andrea Martín-Nalda, Alba Parra Martínez, David Bernardo, Silvia Rojo, Aida Fiz-López, Elisa Arribas, Paloma de la Cal-Sabater, Tomás Segura, Esther González-Villa, Gemma Serrano-Heras, Joan Martí-Fàbregas, Elena Jiménez-Xarrié, Alicia de Felipe Mimbrera, Jaime Masjuan, Sebastian García-Madrona, Anna Domínguez-Mayoral, Joan Montaner Villalonga, Paloma Menéndez-Valladares, Daniel I. Chasman, Julie E. Buring, Paul M. Ridker, Giulianini Franco, Howard D. Sesso, JoAnn E. Manson, Joseph R. Glessner, Carolina Medina-Gomez, Andre G. Uitterlinden, M. Arfan Ikram, Kati Kristiansson, Sami Koskelainen, Markus Perola, Kati Donner, Katja Kivinen, Aarno Palotie, Samuli Ripatti, Sanni Ruotsalainen, Mari Kaunisto, null FinnGen, Tomoko Nakanishi, Guillaume Butler-Laporte, Vincenzo Forgetta, David R. Morrison, Biswarup Ghosh, Laetitia Laurent, Alexandre Belisle, Danielle Henry, Tala Abdullah, Olumide Adeleye, Noor Mamlouk, Nofar Kimchi, Zaman Afrasiabi, Nardin Rezk Branka Vulesevic, Meriem Bouab, Charlotte Guzman, Louis Petitjean, Chris Tselios, Xiaoqing Xue, Erwin Schurr, Jonathan Afilalo, Marc Afilalo, Maureen Oliveira, Bluma Brenner, Pierre Lepage, Jiannis Ragoussis, Daniel Auld, Nathalie Brassard, Madeleine Durand, Michaël Chassé, Daniel E. Kaufmann, G. Mark Lathrop, Vincent Mooser, J. Brent Richards, Rui Li, Darin Adra, Souad Rahmouni, Michel Georges, Michel Moutschen, Benoit Misset, Gilles Darcis, Julien Guiot, Julien Guntz, Samira Azarzar, Stéphanie Gofflot, Yves Beguin, Sabine Claassen, Olivier Malaise, Pascale Huynen, Christelle Meuris, Marie Thys, Jessica Jacques, Philippe Léonard, Frederic Frippiat, Jean-Baptiste Giot, Anne-Sophie Sauvage, Christian Von Frenckell, Yasmine Belhaj, Bernard Lambermont, Sara Pigazzini, Lindokuhle Nkambule, Michelle Daya, Jonathan Shortt, Nicholas Rafaels, Stephen J. Wicks, Kristy Crooks, Kathleen C. Barnes, Christopher R. Gignoux, Sameer Chavan, Triin Laisk, Kristi Läll, Maarja Lepamets, Reedik Mägi, Tõnu Esko, Ene Reimann, Lili Milani, Helene Alavere, Kristjan Metsalu, Mairo Puusepp, Andres Metspalu, Paul Naaber, Edward Laane, Jaana Pesukova, Pärt Peterson, Kai Kisand, Jekaterina Tabri, Raili Allos, Kati Hensen, Joel Starkopf, Inge Ringmets, Anu Tamm, Anne Kallaste, Pierre-Yves Bochud, Carlo Rivolta, Stéphanie Bibert, Mathieu Quinodoz, Dhryata Kamdar, Noémie Boillat, Semira Gonseth Nussle, Werner Albrich, Noémie Suh, Dionysios Neofytos, Véronique Erard, Cathy Voide, null FHoGID, null RegCOVID, null P-PredictUs, null SeroCOVID, null CRiPSI, Rafael de Cid, Iván Galván-Femenía, Natalia Blay, Anna Carreras, Beatriz Cortés, Xavier Farré, Lauro Sumoy, Victor Moreno, Josep Maria Mercader, Marta Guindo-Martinez, David Torrents, Manolis Kogevinas, Judith Garcia-Aymerich, Gemma Castaño-Vinyals, Carlota Dobaño, Alessandra Renieri, Francesca Mari, Chiara Fallerini, Sergio Daga, Elisa Benetti, Margherita Baldassarri, Francesca Fava, Elisa Frullanti, Floriana Valentino, Gabriella Doddato, Annarita Giliberti, Rossella Tita, Sara Amitrano, Mirella Bruttini, Susanna Croci, Ilaria Meloni, Maria Antonietta Mencarelli, Caterina Lo Rizzo, Anna Maria Pinto, Giada Beligni, Andrea Tommasi, Laura Di Sarno, Maria Palmieri, Miriam Lucia Carriero, Diana Alaverdian, Stefano Busani, Raffaele Bruno, Marco Vecchia, Mary Ann Belli, Nicola Picchiotti, Maurizio Sanarico, Marco Gori, Simone Furini, Stefania Mantovani, Serena Ludovisi, Mario Umberto Mondelli, Francesco Castelli, Eugenia Quiros-Roldan, Melania Degli Antoni, Isabella Zanella, Massimo Vaghi, Stefano Rusconi, Matteo Siano, Francesca Montagnani, Arianna Emiliozzi, Massimiliano Fabbiani, Barbara Rossetti, Elena Bargagli, Laura Bergantini, Miriana D’Alessandro, Paolo Cameli, David Bennett, Federico Anedda, Simona Marcantonio, Sabino Scolletta, Federico Franchi, Maria Antonietta Mazzei, Susanna Guerrini, Edoardo Conticini, Luca Cantarini, Bruno Frediani, Danilo Tacconi, Chiara Spertilli, Marco Feri, Alice Donati, Raffaele Scala, Luca Guidelli, Genni Spargi, Marta Corridi, Cesira Nencioni, Leonardo Croci, Maria Bandini, Gian Piero Caldarelli, Paolo Piacentini, Elena Desanctis, Silvia Cappelli, Anna Canaccini, Agnese Verzuri, Valentina Anemoli, Agostino Ognibene, Alessandro Pancrazzi, Maria Lorubbio, Antonella D’Arminio Monforte, Federica Gaia Miraglia, Massimo Girardis, Sophie Venturelli, Andrea Cossarizza, Andrea Antinori, Alessandra Vergori, Arianna Gabrieli, Agostino Riva, Daniela Francisci, Elisabetta Schiaroli, Francesco Paciosi, Pier Giorgio Scotton, Francesca Andretta, Sandro Panese, Renzo Scaggiante, Francesca Gatti, Saverio Giuseppe Parisi, Stefano Baratti, Matteo Della Monica, Carmelo Piscopo, Mario Capasso, Roberta Russo, Immacolata Andolfo, Achille Iolascon, Giuseppe Fiorentino, Massimo Carella, Marco Castori, Giuseppe Merla, Gabriella Maria Squeo, Filippo Aucella, Pamela Raggi, Carmen Marciano, Rita Perna, Matteo Bassetti, Antonio Di Biagio, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Luca Masucci, Serafina Valente, Marco Mandalà, Alessia Giorli, Lorenzo Salerni, Patrizia Zucchi, Pierpaolo Parravicini, Elisabetta Menatti, Tullio Trotta, Ferdinando Giannattasio, Gabriella Coiro, Fabio Lena, Domenico A. Coviello, Cristina Mussini, Enrico Martinelli, Sandro Mancarella, Luisa Tavecchia, Lia Crotti, Chiara Gabbi, Marco Rizzi, Franco Maggiolo, Diego Ripamonti, Tiziana Bachetti, Maria Teresa La Rovere, Simona Sarzi-Braga, Maurizio Bussotti, Stefano Ceri, Pietro Pinoli, Francesco Raimondi, Filippo Biscarini, Alessandra Stella, Kristina Zguro, Katia Capitani, Claudia Suardi, Simona Dei, Gianfranco Parati, Sabrina Ravaglia, Rosangela Artuso, Giordano Bottà, Paolo Di Domenico, Ilaria Rancan, Antonio Perrella Francesco Bianchi, Davide Romani, Paola Bergomi, Emanuele Catena, Riccardo Colombo, Marco Tanfoni, Antonella Vincenti, Claudio Ferri, Davide Grassi, Gloria Pessina, Mario Tumbarello, Massimo Di Pietro, Ravaglia Sabrina, Sauro Luchi, Chiara Barbieri, Donatella Acquilini, Elena Andreucci, Francesco Vladimiro Segala, Giusy Tiseo, Marco Falcone, Mirjam Lista, Monica Poscente, Oreste De Vivo, Paola Petrocelli, Alessandra Guarnaccia, Silvia Baroni, Albert V. Smith, Andrew P. Boughton, Kevin W. Li, Jonathon LeFaive, Aubrey Annis, Anne E. Justice, Tooraj Mirshahi, Geetha Chittoor, Navya Shilpa Josyula, Jack A. Kosmicki, Manuel A.R. Ferreira, Joseph B. Leader, Dave J. Carey, Matthew C. Gass, Julie E. Horowitz, Michael N. Cantor, Ashish Yadav, Aris Baras, Goncalo R. Abecasis, David A. van Heel, Karen A. Hunt, Dan Mason, Qin Qin Huang, Sarah Finer, null Genes & Health Research Team, Bhavi Trivedi, Christopher J. Griffiths, Hilary C. Martin, John Wright, Richard C. Trembath, Nicole Soranzo, Jing Hua Zhao, Adam S. Butterworth, John Danesh, Emanuele Di Angelantonio, Lude Franke Marike Boezen, Patrick Deelen, Annique Claringbould, Esteban Lopera, Robert Warmerdam, Judith.M. Vonk, Irene van Blokland, Pauline Lanting, Anil P.S. Ori, Brooke Wolford Sebastian Zöllner, Jiongming Wang, Andrew Beck, Gina Peloso, Yuk-Lam Ho, Yan V. Sun, Jennifer E. Huffman, Christopher J. O’Donnell, Kelly Cho, Phil Tsao, J. Michael Gaziano, Michel (M.G.) Nivard, Eco (E.J.C.) de geus, Meike Bartels, Jouke Jan Hottenga, Scott T. Weiss, Elizabeth W. Karlson, Jordan W. Smoller, Robert C. Green, Yen-Chen Anne Feng, Josep Mercader, Shawn N. Murphy, James B. Meigs, Ann E. Woolley, Emma F. Perez, Daniel Rader, Anurag Verma, Marylyn D. Ritchie, Binglan Li, Shefali S. Verma, Anastasia Lucas, Yuki Bradford, Hugo Zeberg, Robert Frithiof, Michael Hultström, Miklos Lipcsey, Lindo Nkambul, Nicolas Tardif, Olav Rooyackers, Jonathan Grip, Tomislav Maricic, Konrad J. Karczewski, Elizabeth G. Atkinson, Kristin Tsuo, Nikolas Baya, Patrick Turley, Rahul Gupta, Shawneequa Callier, Raymond K. Walters, Duncan S. Palmer, Gopal Sarma, Nathan Cheng, Wenhan Lu, Sam Bryant, Claire Churchhouse, Caroline Cusick, Jacqueline I. Goldstein, Daniel King, Cotton Seed, Hilary Finucane, Alicia R. Martin, F. Kyle Satterstrom, Daniel J. Wilson, Jacob Armstrong, Justine K. Rudkin, Gavin Band, Sarah G. Earle, Shang-Kuan Lin, Nicolas Arning, Derrick W. Crook, David H. Wyllie, Anne Marie O’Connell, Chris C.A. Spencer, Nils Koelling, Mark J. Caulfield, Richard H. Scott, Tom Fowler, Loukas Moutsianas, Athanasios Kousathanas, Dorota Pasko, Susan Walker, Augusto Rendon, Alex Stuckey, Christopher A. Odhams, Daniel Rhodes, Georgia Chan, Prabhu Arumugam, Catherine A. Ball, Eurie L. Hong, Kristin Rand, Ahna Girshick, Harendra Guturu, Asher Haug Baltzell, Genevieve Roberts, Danny Park, Marie Coignet, Shannon McCurdy, Spencer Knight, Raghavendran Partha, Brooke Rhead, Miao Zhang, Nathan Berkowitz, Michael Gaddis, Keith Noto, Luong Ruiz, Milos Pavlovic, Laura G. Sloofman, Alexander W. Charney, Noam D. Beckmann, Eric E. Schadt, Daniel M. Jordan, Ryan C. Thompson, Kyle Gettler, Noura S. Abul-Husn, Steven Ascolillo, Joseph D. Buxbaum, Kumardeep Chaudhary, Judy H. Cho, Yuval Itan, Eimear E. Kenny, Gillian M. Belbin, Stuart C. Sealfon, Robert P. Sebra, Irene Salib, Brett L. Collins, Tess Levy, Bari Britvan, Katherine Keller, Lara Tang, Michael Peruggia, Liam L. Hiester, Kristi Niblo, Alexandra Aksentijevich, Alexander Labkowsky, Avromie Karp, Menachem Zlatopolsky, Michael Preuss, Ruth J.F. Loos, Girish N. Nadkarni, Ron Do, Clive Hoggart, Sam Choi, Slayton J. Underwood, Paul O’Reilly, Laura M. Huckins, Marissa Zyndorf, AII - Infectious diseases, Amsterdam Neuroscience - Neuroinfection & -inflammation, and Neurology

Subjects
Medical Physiology, Gene Expression, Genome-wide association study, Genome, Severity of Illness Index, colocalization, Gene expression, Databases, Genetic, Ethnicity, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, GWAS, Aetiology, Biology (General), Lung, Genetics, Chromosome Mapping, Single Nucleotide, Organ Specificity, Biotechnology, Cell type, QH301-705.5, Quantitative Trait Loci, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, Biology, eQTL, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Article, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Databases, Genetic, SNP, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative, Polymorphism, Gene, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Gene Expression Profiling, Prevention, Human Genome, Computational Biology, Genetic Variation, Good Health and Well Being, Expression quantitative trait loci, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Transcriptome, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract

Variability in SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility and COVID-19 disease severity between individuals is partly due to genetic factors. Here, we identify 4 genomic loci with suggestive associations for SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility and 19 for COVID-19 disease severity. Four of these 23 loci likely have an ethnicity-specific component. Genome-wide association study (GWAS) signals in 11 loci colocalize with expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs) associated with the expression of 20 genes in 62 tissues/cell types (range: 1:43 tissues/gene), including lung, brain, heart, muscle, and skin as well as the digestive system and immune system. We perform genetic fine mapping to compute 99% credible SNP sets, which identify 10 GWAS loci that have eight or fewer SNPs in the credible set, including three loci with one single likely causal SNP. Our study suggests that the diverse symptoms and disease severity of COVID-19 observed between individuals is associated with variants across the genome, affecting gene expression levels in a wide variety of tissue types., Graphical abstract, D’Antonio et al. characterize associations between GWAS signals for COVID-19 disease and eQTLs in 69 human tissues to identify causal variants and their underlying molecular mechanisms. They show that diverse symptoms and disease severity of COVID-19 are associated with variants affecting gene expression in a wide variety of tissues.

Published
2022

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