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Caffeinated Toddler

@caffeinatedtoddler.bsky.social

This is so interesting! This RCT for bipolar depression showed that low dose IL-2 stimulated T-regs to turn off inflammation, and patients showed significant improvement. #ImmuneDysfunction🤯 https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.07.19.24310686v1

Low-dose interleukin-2 in patients with bipolar depressio...

Immune abnormalities including an insufficiency of regula...

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February 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM

BioNews Central

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A modifiable #GeneSignature linked to #ImmuneDysregulation and poor #ImmuneHealth predicts severe #infection outcomes. This signature is present in individuals with risk factors such as #smoking or high #BodyMassIndex before #pathogen exposure.
#Obesity #ImmuneDysfunction #ImmuneResponse

Immune dysregulation present prior to infection predicts severe responses – BioNews Central

Researchers have identified a modifiable gene signature linked to immune dysregulation and poor immune health, which predicts severe infection outcomes and is present in individuals with risk factors like smoking or high body mass index before pathog

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June 18, 2025 at 1:48 AM

Sue

@inkblue01.bsky.social

NIH acknowledging reality. "Severe COVID-19 may cause long-lasting alterations to the innate immune system, the first line of defense against pathogens, making some people susceptible to other infections." #ImmuneDysfunction
www.nih.gov/about-nih/wh...

These sub-awards build on the more than 40 pathobiology research projects(link is external) awarded in 2022 that are yielding important results. For example, one study found that severe COVID-19 may cause long-lasting alterations to the innate immune system, the first line of defense against pathogens, making some people susceptible to other infections. Another study found that symptoms for some long COVID sufferers appear to be caused by persistent infection and may respond to antiviral medications.

December 12, 2024 at 6:13 PM

Reality Check Marker

@realitycheckmarker.bsky.social

NIH acknowledges #LongCOVID causes #ImmuneDysfunction and repurposed HIV antiviral medications are a possible course of treatment.
#LongCOVID is #AirborneAIDS so #WearN95
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January 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM

Andrew | Biochemistry of Long Covid

@permaculture-pagan.bsky.social

#covid #longcovid #immunedysfunction #thisisfine

April 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM

News Medical

@newsmedical.bsky.social

How viral persistence and immune dysfunction drive long COVID 🔬🦠💡 www.news-medical.net/news/2024092... #LongCOVID #ViralPersistence #ImmuneDysfunction #Microclots #COVID19R #ChronicIllness #PostCOVID #Therapeutics #MedicalResearch #Inflammation

How viral persistence and immune dysfunction drive long COVID

Study explores the biological drivers and mechanisms of long COVID, shedding light on its epidemiology and potential therapeutic interventions. It emphasizes the role of viral persistence, immune dysf...

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September 30, 2024 at 3:55 AM

Willem MD

@willemg.bsky.social

Honored to share our latest paper on T-Cell Exhaustion's role in Post-Acute Infection Syndromes, now features YouTube!
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSNV...
#Immunology #TCellExhaustion #LongCOVID #ImmuneDysfunction #MedicalResearch #HealthcareInnovation #Qeios

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July 12, 2025 at 7:31 AM

Christophe Veltsos

@drinfosec.bsky.social

The COVID-19 Immune Dysfunction page of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center:

libguides.mskcc.org/CovidImpacts...

#Covid #CovidIsntOver #ImmuneDysfunction

So while the acute infection may be one reason to not want to keep getting infected with SARS-CoV-2 over and over again, the idea that it can increasingly cause damage to the immune system should be a significant reason. Throughout the pandemic, scientific evidence has mounted that even mild COVID infections may be doing something to our immune systems, as well as our collective immunity.

For example, what if SARS-CoV-2 infection causes the immune system to be able to respond to SARS-CoV-2 in such a way that we no longer experience severe COVID infections, but rather it causes a subtler, long-term immunological changes that leave us more vulnerable to other infections or even chronic disease?

Src: https://libguides.mskcc.org/CovidImpacts/Immune#:~:text=So%20while%20the,even%20chronic%20disease%3F

February 28, 2024 at 4:12 PM

BioNews Central

@bionewscentral.com

A new study reveals molecular-level changes in #inflammation and #ImmuneResponse caused by #ChronicFatigueSyndrome, which could guide development of #TargetedTherapies.
#ImmuneDysfunction

Study reveals details of overactive immune system in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome – BioNews Central

A new study reveals molecular-level changes in inflammation and immune response caused by chronic fatigue syndrome, which could guide development of targeted therapies. ...

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September 3, 2025 at 1:46 PM

Christophe Veltsos

@drinfosec.bsky.social

Another good thread (by @SalvMattera on Twitter) on the risks posed by repeat #Covid infections & the recent upward trend in the latest CDC Household Pulse data:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/17651...

#LongCovid #ImmuneDysfunction

Thread by @SalvMattera on Thread Reader App

@SalvMattera: Another data point came out recently that suggests many people (maybe even most people) will eventually develop some degree of long COVID in the future. This is something I've been conce...

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March 6, 2024 at 9:17 PM