Abstract
AbstractHoping to find genomic clues linked to COVID-19 and end the pandemic has driven scientists’ tremendous efforts to try all kinds of research. Signs of progress have been achieved but are still limited. This paper intends to prove the existence of at least three genomic signature patterns and at least seven subtypes of COVID-19 driven by five critical genes (the smallest subset of genes). These signatures and subtypes provide crucial genomic information in COVID-19 diagnosis (including ICU patients), research focuses, and treatment methods. Unlike existing approaches focused on gene fold-changes and pathways, gene-gene nonlinear and competing interactions are the driving forces in finding the signature patterns and subtypes. Furthermore, the method leads to 100% accuracy, which shows biological and mathematical equivalences between COVID-19 status and the signature patterns and a methodological advantage over other existing methods that cannot lead to 100% accuracy. As a result, as new biomarkers, the new findings can be much more informative than other findings for interpreting biological mechanisms, developing the second (third) generation of vaccines, antiviral drugs, and treatment methods, and eventually bringing new hopes to an end of the pandemic.
Publisher
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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