Table 5 Pathways detected from the mapped genes in eQTL with the suggestively associated variants from meta-analysis for side effects after vaccination.

From: Genome-wide association study of common side effects following COVID-19 booster vaccination in a cohort of corporate employees in Japan

Symptoms

Minimum P-value in GWAS

Number of lead variants (P < 1 × 10−5)

Mapped genes in eQTL

Category

GeneSet

Number of genes in GeneSet

Number of overlapped genes

Adjusted P-value

Genes

Pain

1.89 × 10−9

51

238

GOMF

MHC_CLASS_II_PROTEIN_COMPLEX_BINDING

21

7

1.55 × 10−7

MHC locus genes, ANXA11

Other 5 pathways including MHC locus genes (Table S9)

Redness

1.97 × 10−10

37

184

GOCC

GOLGI_APPARATUS

1579

24

1.88 × 10−2

MHC locus genes, 18 genes outside MHC locus**

Other 4 pathways including MHC locus genes (Table S9)

Swelling

6.85 × 10−9

37

229

ND

Induration

2.88 × 10−10

35

98

GOMF

METALLOPEPTIDASE_ACTIVITY

193

7

4.36 × 10−3

DNPEP: ADAMTS9:ADAMTS16:ERAP1:ERAP2:LNPEP: THOP1

Another pathway (Table S9)

Itching

1.18 × 10−14

40

134

GOBP

PROTEIN_DNA_COMPLEX_SUBUNIT_ORGANIZATION

203

8

7.75 × 10−3

MHC locus genes, CENPK

Other 3 pathways including MHC locus genes (Table S9)

Burning sensation

2.63 × 10−9

29

66

ND

Swelling of lymph nodes

1.12 × 10−10

34

120

ND

Fever ≥ 37.5 °C

7.88 × 10−17

62

831

GOBP

ADAPTIVE_IMMUNE_RESPONSE

436

58

1.50 × 10− 21

MHC locus genes, 30 genes outside MHC locus**

Other 118 pathways including MHC locus genes (Table S9)

Fatigue

7.34 × 10−9

39

317

GOBP

REGULATION_OF_T_CELL_ACTIVATION

364

21

9.86 × 10−8

MHC locus genes, TPKB: CTLA4:PBRM1:GPNMB: LYN: SIT1:BMI1:CD6:CD5:CSK

Other 54 pathways including MHC locus genes (Table S9)

Headache

3.57 × 10−12

44

225

ND

Muscle pain/myalgia

2.22 × 10−10

60

214

GOCC

PLASMA_MEMBRANE_PROTEIN_COMPLEX

551

14

3.34 × 10−2

VCAM1:KCNS3:STON1:ACVR2B: SNTG1:KCNJ11:ABCC8:SCN4B: SCN2B: CD3E: CD3D: CBL: GJD2:GRIN2A

Any systemic symptom

1.65 × 10−10

24

90

ND

  1. ND not detected, GOMF Gene Ontology (GO) molecular function, GOBP GO biological process, GOCC GO cellular component.
  2. *MYOC: VAMP4:DNM3:B3GALT2:SLC30A10:ADCY3:RAB33B: SYNE1:FUT10:RNF122:DUSP26:RIC3:G2E3:SCFD1:CLEC18A: CLEC18C: VAC14:NOSIP; **ZNF683:FCGR1A: CD247:CR2:MSH2:CD8A: CTLA4:EOMES: TRAT1:BTLA: IL7R: FBXO38:IRF4:BACH2:THEMIS: LYN: CD274:SIT1:SERPING1:CD6:CD4:KLRC1:IL4R: CD79B: FCER2:CD79A: TRPM4:IL2RB: SH2D1A: CD40LG.