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Anthony J Leonardi, PhD, MS

Anthony J Leonardi, PhD, MS
@fitterhappierAJ

Mar 18, 2022
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wow sars cov 2 causes more acute apoptosis than HIV biorxiv.org/content/10.110 (actually I'm not surprised, I expected this) twitter.com/fitterhappierA
If the infection destroys b cell memory formation with TNF and wrecks cd8 t cells with cd95- it harms memory twitter.com/fitterhappierA
Holy Moly sars cov 2 is causing T cell mediated autoimmunity in an unprecedented mechanism! frontiersin.org/articles/10.33
Holy moly cd8 t cells causing PASC/ long covid! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc
Oh wow T cells go to your brain in sars cov 2 infection but not in flu!
Maybe steroids work in part by dampening T cell responses huh? but this is more clinical knowledge than path ;)
and recall that covid survivors have a relative lymphopenia. kiss much of your naive t cells goodbye.
Anthony J Leonardi, PhD, MS
PhD (T cell differentiation) BS MS MPH (student) @JohnsHopkins 2022 Kavli Fellow Honorary Research Fellow Views own https://t.co/AA6klJUBZ8
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