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Mouse study suggests viral infections can lead to autoimmune diseases
https://newatlas.com ^ | February 28, 2022, | By Michael Irving

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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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine; Pets/Animals; Society
KEYWORDS: virus

An infected cell releases roseolovirus particles - Bernard Kramarsky

https://rupress.org/jem/article/219/3/e20211403/213039/Disruption-of-thymic-central-tolerance-by

1 posted on 03/01/2022 9:12:41 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Especially when they’re bioengineered to do so...


2 posted on 03/01/2022 9:14:11 AM PST by Yashcheritsiy (I'd rather have one king 3000 miles away that 3000 kings one mile away)
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To: Red Badger

Therefore, vaccines can lead to autoimmune diseases.


3 posted on 03/01/2022 9:14:35 AM PST by reasonisfaith (What are the cosmological implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: Red Badger

Obviously we need a program of yearly booster injections to counter this tragedy! /s


4 posted on 03/01/2022 9:15:06 AM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: reasonisfaith
Therefore, mRNA vaccines can lead to autoimmune diseases....................
5 posted on 03/01/2022 9:16:23 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Sounds like they are laying the groundwork for advocating for universal vaccines against all viruses.


6 posted on 03/01/2022 9:19:25 AM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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To: Seruzawa

Everyone just needs to wear masks forever.


7 posted on 03/01/2022 9:19:35 AM PST by Revel
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To: metmom

If the disease don’t get ya, the cure sure will!...............


8 posted on 03/01/2022 9:21:38 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: metmom

“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


9 posted on 03/01/2022 9:24:23 AM PST by ReaganGeneration2 (Widespread belief in asymptomatic spread of a low-risk virus hastened the end of the West by 100 yrs)
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To: Red Badger

Right on schedule.


10 posted on 03/01/2022 9:42:08 AM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: Red Badger

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.


11 posted on 03/01/2022 9:57:51 AM PST by euram
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To: Yashcheritsiy

“..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.


12 posted on 03/01/2022 10:06:46 AM PST by lgjhn23 (Pray for America....)
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To: ReaganGeneration2

...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.


13 posted on 03/01/2022 1:46:03 PM PST by reformedliberal (Make yourself less available.)
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To: Red Badger
On that note...

Holy ****ing ****. 9 PAGES of Pfizer “vaccine” adverse effects. Single space, small print. Even I’m shocked

Asterisks mine, though I whole-heartedly agree that the use of the expletives is justified.

14 posted on 03/01/2022 1:52:01 PM PST by mewzilla (God bless Canada's and America's Freedom Truckers!)
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