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.
