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. 2021 Aug 24;7(8):e07863. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07863

Table 1.

Integrating data on possible gene variability as factors determining the susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 and the course of COVID-19.

Possible targets Relevant bibliography
Virus entry and replication
ACE2 [11, 19, 20, 69, 70, 71, 72]
TMPRSS2 [11, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82]
Furin [81]
Angiotensin I receptor [60, 61, 62]
Cathepsins B and L [21, 77, 85]
Protein kinase R [23, 39, 40]
Protein kinase R endoplasmic reticulum kinase (PERK) [51, 52]
[23]
dsRNA sensor melanoma differentiation-associated protein 5, 2′-5′-oligoadenylate synthase 3 [23]
[41]
[28]
Elongation initiation factor 2α [22, 83, 84]
CD11 [54]
CD147
Cyclophilins

Presentation and recognition of virus antigens
HLA class I and II molecules [87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 99]
TCRs [99, 100, 101, 102]
BCRs
[98]
Haemocoagulation
Vitronectin [55]
Plasmonogen [81]
Plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 [56]
Von Willebrand factor [57]
Factors of complement [65, 66, 67]
Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase [123, 124]
Factor XIII [124]
Vitamin K epoxide reductase complex I
[122]
Apoptosis/cell cycle
FAS-associated death domain (FADD)/caspase-8/caspase-3, caspase-9 apoptotic protease-activating factor-1 (APAF-1)
[39, 40]
Oxidative stress/metabolism
Phospholipase A2G2D [18, 59]
D-type prostanoid receptor [58]
Various types of NADPH oxidase [61, 62]
iNOS, COX-2 [46, 47]
Hemoxigenase-1 (HO-1) [120, 121]
Glutation S-transferase
[117]
Interferon system
Interferon regulatory factor 1 [78, 79]
IFNα [24]
IFNβ, IFNg
[103]
Proinflammatory cascades
IκB [31]
NFκB [31, 114]
p38 MAPK [32]
Activating transcription factor 4 [36]
TLR3 – signaling pathway [112, 114, 115]
TLR7 – signaling pathway [113]
TLR4 [111]
Retinoic acid-inducible gene 1 signaling pathway [26, 27]
NLRP3 (cryopyrin) pathway [50]
IL-6 [116]
IL-1α/1β [42, 43]
IL-2 [54]
TNF-α [37]