COVID-19 APPEARS AS A VASCULAR DISEASE DUE TO THE TOXIFICATION OF ACE 2 RECEPTORS RESULTING IN ACE 2 AUTOANTIBODIES. LIKEWISE, THE CHOLINERGIC RESPONSE IS FROM THE TOXIFICATION OF NACHR RECEPTORS RESULTING IN NACHR AUTOANTIBODIES
May 18, 2021
As in FiP, a normally harmless coronavirus virus to become, in vivo, a lethal killer. This occurs with SARS-CoV-2. SARS-CoV-2 toxifies two key receptors, the ACE 2 receptor and the nAChR receptor. The autoantibodies against ACE 2 decrease/deplete ACE 2. This causes the vascular damage. and cytokine storms being observed. Induction of cytokine expression in epithelial cells lacking Ace2 contribute to the primed inflammatory response in the Ace2?/? mice. ACE2 deficiency impaired endothelial function in cerebral arteries from adult mice and augmented endothelial dysfunction during aging. Oxidative stress plays a critical role in cerebrovascular dysfunction induced by ACE2 deficiency and aging. The neuological manifestations are caused by the nAChR autoantibodies. There is a disease which involves these autoantibodies and it is a carbon copy of COVID-19s neurological manifestations. Autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy is the disease. Please read the referenced paper.
In addition, the body's attack on ACE2 can finally provide a satisfactory explanation for Long COVID. In the ACE2 deficient
mice, once an inflammatory response is initiated, inflammation persists becoming permanent.
Referenced/Related Papers
IgM autoantibodies recognizing ACE2 are associated with severe COVID-19
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33083808/
Could a Rare Autoimmune Disease Help Explain the Autonomic Issues in ME/CFS, POTS and Fibromyalgia?
https://healthrising.org/blog/2020/10/29/autoimmune-autonomic-chronic-fatigue-pots-fibromyalgia/
Impact of ACE2 deficiency and oxidative stress on cerebrovascular function with aging
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23160880/
The ACE2‐deficient mouse: A model for a cytokine storm‐driven inflammation