Posted on 03/01/2022 9:12:41 AM PST by Red Badger
Evidence is mounting that seemingly innocuous viral infections can in some cases cascade into a range of more serious diseases. In a new study in mice, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have uncovered a mechanism by which a common childhood virus could play a role in autoimmune diseases down the track.
Viral infections are extremely common throughout our lives, with most resolving without serious issue. But recent research is increasingly showing that many of these apparently benign infections could possibly, in combination with other genetic and environmental factors, trigger diseases like Alzheimer’s, multiple sclerosis, and several types of cancer. Exactly how these viruses set off these chain reactions remains unclear, but in the new study the researchers may have uncovered one possible mechanism.
Roseolovirus is a type of herpesvirus that infects almost everyone within the first few years of life. The initial illness is usually mild, involving a rash and a fever that clears up in days, but the virus itself sticks around for a lifetime, lying dormant. While it usually doesn’t cause any symptoms after that initial infection, scientists have suspected that it may play a role in autoimmune diseases.
So for the new study, the Washington researchers investigated the link. They found that the virus seems to be able to infect the thymus, the organ where T cells mature so they can recognize foreign antigens. But the thymus also eliminates T cells that are liable to attack the body’s own cells – and it’s this latter process that the virus can disrupt. With this checkpoint weakened, more defective T cells circulate and increase the risk of autoimmune diseases.
The team uncovered this mechanism in experiments in mice. They started by infecting newborn animals with a mouse version of roseolovirus, and ...
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An infected cell releases roseolovirus particles - Bernard Kramarsky
https://rupress.org/jem/article/219/3/e20211403/213039/Disruption-of-thymic-central-tolerance-by
Especially when they’re bioengineered to do so...
Therefore, vaccines can lead to autoimmune diseases.
Obviously we need a program of yearly booster injections to counter this tragedy! /s
Sounds like they are laying the groundwork for advocating for universal vaccines against all viruses.
Everyone just needs to wear masks forever.
If the disease don’t get ya, the cure sure will!...............
“Sounds like they are laying the groundwork for advocating for universal vaccines against all viruses”
...or to normalize the AIDS the vaccines caused
Could be either option
Right on schedule.
I’m always glad to hear about science trying to improve mice, make them healthier, faster, smarter, it will give us a greater sense of accomplishment when we kill them.
“..Especially when they’re bioengineered to do so...”
Exactly.
Just ask Fauxi. He’s an expert at it. He probably patented it and profited from it.
...advocating for universal vaccines against all viruses”
...or to normalize the AIDS the vaccines caused
Could be either option
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Not mutually exclusive.
Asterisks mine, though I whole-heartedly agree that the use of the expletives is justified.
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