COVID-19 can trigger auto-immune disorders-related antibodies, causing thrombosis and other complications
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023 Editors’ notes by Maria Fernanda Ziegler, FAPESP An article published in npj Aging reveals that natural production of auto-antibodies increases with age, and that infection by SARS-CoV-2 can exacerbate production of auto-antibodies relating to auto-immune diseases, helping to explain why aging increases the chances of developing severe COVID-19. The study also discovered some of the factors that … Read more