Uncovering the underlying genetic factors associated with host susceptibility and profiling individual immune system responses may help unravel the complexities of infectious diseases such as COVID-19 and reveal future therapeutic targets. It is crucial to identify genetic variants linked to disease severity, and study immune response differences such as inflammatory cytokine, T cell, and NK cell gene expression signatures. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) and microarray technologies can help researchers interrogate host genetic variation and characterize the molecular mechanisms that drive immune responses.
The key benefits of using Illumina NGS and array technologies to study host risk and immune response include:
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Mark Daly, PhD discusses a global effort to identify host genetics contributions to COVID-19 disease susceptibility and severity.
View WebinarDr. Lee Murphy’s core lab at the University of Edinburgh applies a genomic approach to study host genetic variability in disease progression and outcome in SARS-CoV-2 hospitalized patients. The team and collaborators perform genotyping and WGS on DNA samples, as well as mRNA sequencing on the NextSeq 2000 System.
View VideoData from severely ill patients may help us understand the genetics of susceptibility. Sequencing the entire human genome may identify genetic variations that help explain why the COVID-19 pandemic is life-threatening for some people but not others.
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A DNA sequencing method that enables comprehensive sampling of all genes in all organisms in a given complex microbial sample.
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Expand cell and molecular biology research beyond conventional methods with next-generation sequencing.
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