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TWiV 815: MIS-C with Moshe Arditi and Ivet Bahar

  • October 10, 2021
  • Tagged as: coronavirus, COVID-19, cytokine storm, MIS-C, SARS-CoV-2, spike protein, superantigen, T cell receptor, viral, virology, virus, viruses

Moshe and Ivet join TWiV to discuss their finding that MIS-C is a consequence of a superantigen in the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 that causes activation of a skewed population of T cell receptor bearing lymphocytes, leading to hyperinflammation.

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TWiV 769: MIS-C and leaky gut

  • June 17, 2021
  • Tagged as: chicken egg, coronavirus, COVID-19, h3n2, influenza vaccine, leaky gut, MIS-C, pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, viral, virology, virus, viruses, zonulin

On this episode of TWiV, Novavax COVID-19 vaccine demonstrates 90% overall efficacy, preventing an antigenically disruptive change during growth of influenza virus vaccine in chicken eggs, and MIS-C is driven by loss of the gut mucosal barrier.

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