劍橋大學科學家發現“長新冠”與人自身產生的一種蛋白有關

When infected with the coronavirus, people produce an inflammatory protein called interferon gamma (or IFN-y), which is part of the body’s natural response to fight off infection.

The production of the protein typically stops once infection goes away, but researchers discovered participants with ongoing Covid symptoms had high levels of IFN-y for up to 31 months after initial infection, which the researchers believe may be the cause of long Covid.

Over 60% of patients experienced relief from at least some of their symptoms during the study period, and participants who were vaccinated after infection saw significant decreases in their long Covid symptoms and IFN-y production, suggesting vaccination “improved” long Covid symptoms, according to the study.

Current long Covid treatment only targets symptom alleviation and not the underlying disease, but now that a potential cause has been identified, there’s “hope that this could help to pave the way” for creating medication to specifically target long Covid, and “give some patients a firm diagnosis,” Benjamin Krishna, the study’s co-author and an investigator at Cambridge University, said in a statement.

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有意思的是牛津大學的研究完全是另一個方向,一部分長新冠是實實在在的長期感染 -dudaan- 給 dudaan 發送悄悄話 dudaan 的博客首頁 (2912 bytes) () 02/21/2024 postreply 17:30:29

大概率是盲人摸象 -89to10- 給 89to10 發送悄悄話 (0 bytes) () 02/21/2024 postreply 19:09:46

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