Pathogenic priming likely contributes to serious and critical illness and mortality in COVID-19 via autoimmunity

Homology between human and viral proteins is an established factor in viral- or vaccine-induced autoimmunity. Failure of SARS and MERS vaccines in animal trials involved pathogenesis consistent with an immunological priming that could involve autoimmunity in lung tissues due to previous exposure to...

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Autor Principal: James Lyons-Weiler
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Translational Autoimmunity
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Acceso en liña:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589909020300186