Severe COVID-19 May Trigger Autoimmunity

Reuters)—Severe COVID-19 may trick the immune system into producing autoantibodies that have the potential to eventually attack healthy tissue and cause inflammatory diseases, researchers warned in a paper published in Nature Communications.1 They found autoantibodies in blood samples from roughly 50% of the 147 COVID-19 patients they studied, but in fewer than 15% of 41... [Read More]

Source: The Rheumatologist - October 6, 2021 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Reuters Staff Tags: Conditions autoimmunity COVID-19 Source Type: research