Publications

• Multi-ancestry fine mapping implicates OAS1 splicing in risk of severe COVID-19. Huffman JE, Butler-Laporte G, Khan A, Pairo-Castineira E, Drivas TG, Peloso GM, Nakanishi T, COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative,  Ganna A, Verma A, Kenneth Baillie JK, Kiryluk K, JRichards JB & Zeberg H. Nature Genetics. 2022 Jan 13
  

• Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19. The COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative. Nature.  2021 Jul 8.

• A Neanderthal OAS1 isoform protects individuals of European ancestry against COVID-19 susceptibility and severity. Zhou S, Butler-Laporte G, Nakanishi T, Morrison DR, Afilalo J, Afilalo M, Laurent L, Pietzner M, Kerrison N, Zhao K, Brunet-Ratnasingham E, Henry D, Kimchi N, Afrasiabi Z, Rezk N, Bouab M, Petitjean L, Guzman C, Xue X, Tselios C, Vulesevic B, Adeleye O, Abdullah T, Almamlouk N, Chen Y, Chassé M, Durand M, Paterson C, Normark J, Frithiof R, Lipcsey M, Hultström M, Greenwood CMT, Zeberg H, Langenberg C, Thysell E, Pollak M, Mooser V, Forgetta V, Kaufmann DE, Richards JB. Nature Medicine. 2021 Apr;27(4):659-667.

• Age-dependent impact of the major common genetic risk factor for COVID-19 on severity and mortality. Nakanishi T, Pigazzini S, Degenhardt F, Cordioli M, Butler-Laporte G, Maya-Miles D, Nafría-Jiménez B, Bouysran Y, Niemi M, Palom A, Ellinghaus D, Khan A, Martínez-Bueno M, Rolker S, Amitano S, Tato LR; FinnGen; COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative, Fava F, Spinner CD, Prati D, Bernardo D, Garcia F, Darcis G, Fernández-Cadenas I, Holter JC, Banales J, Frithiof R, Kiryluk K, Duga S, Asselta R, Pereira AC, Romero-Gómez M, Bujanda L, Hov JR, Migeotte I, Renieri A, Planas AM, Ludwig KU, Buti M, Rahmouni S, Alarcón-Riquelme ME, Schulte EC, Franke A, Karlsen TH, Valenti L, Zeberg H, Richards JB, Ganna A. J Clin Invest. 2021 Oct 1;

• A genomic region associated with protection against severe COVID-19 is inherited from Neandertals. Zeberg H, Pääbo S. PNAS. 2021 Mar 2;118(9).

• The major genetic risk factor for severe COVID-19 is inherited from Neanderthals.  Zeberg H,Pääbo S. Nature. 2020 Nov;587(7835):610-612