Un alelo común de HLA está asociado con la infección asintomática por SARS-CoV-2

Danillo G Augusto1,2,3, Lawton D Murdolo4, Demetra S M Chatzileontiadou4,5

  • 1Weill Institute for Neurosciences, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Nature
|July 19, 2023
PubMed
Resumen

Una variante específica del gen del antígeno leucocitario humano (HLA), HLA-B*15:01, está fuertemente asociada con la infección asintomática por SARS-CoV-2. Esto se debe a la inmunidad preexistente de las células T por reactividad cruzada con los coronavirus estacionales.

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