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Re:How the Coronavirus Hacks the Immune System by flobosg on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @03:27AM (#24977613)
Another related mechanism is antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE)[1], where suboptimal antibodies bind to the virus and cell receptors, promoting the former's entry into the latter. It has been proposed that ADE increases the severity of SARS-CoV-2 infections[2].

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibody-dependent_enhancement

[2]: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-020-00789-5

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