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Re:Heart inflammation cases in young men higher than expecte... by sjg007 on Thursday June 10, 2021 @05:30PM (#27466107)
The covid spike protein binds ace2 so the immune response to bind the spike could bind ace2 as well. Normally this is mitigated by a self selection filter but it is not out of the question that you could develop an autoimmune response.
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Re:Heart inflammation cases in young men higher than expecte... by nielsbot on Thursday June 10, 2021 @11:13PM (#27468881)
Would it? My naive guess is that the immune response is an anti-ACE2 match. So it would bind to COVID spike protein, not the ACE2 receptor.
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Re:Heart inflammation cases in young men higher than expecte... by cma on Thursday June 10, 2021 @08:21PM (#27467789)
The spike protien binds to ace2 receptors, so the immune response may be more likely to bind to ACE2, which also binds to ace2 receptors, but that isn't a given because the part on the spile the immune response targets don't have to themselves match with parts of ACE2.
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