Human endogenous retro-viruses HERVs and link to diabetes
Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2018 5:43 am
Not all the research points to EBV. HERVs could be also involved.
"Preclinical research demonstrated that pathogenic HERV-W protein negatively impacts myelin restoration by directly inhibiting oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPC), and induces inflammation by microglia activation"
"The retroviral envelope protein, encoded by a pathogenic member of the HERV-W family (pHERV-W env) has been identified in brain lesions of patients with MS, particularly in active lesions, and in the pancreas of type 1 diabetes (T1D) patients"
Source
http://www.geneuro.com/data/news/geneur ... -ms-en.pdf
"Preclinical research demonstrated that pathogenic HERV-W protein negatively impacts myelin restoration by directly inhibiting oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPC), and induces inflammation by microglia activation"
"The retroviral envelope protein, encoded by a pathogenic member of the HERV-W family (pHERV-W env) has been identified in brain lesions of patients with MS, particularly in active lesions, and in the pancreas of type 1 diabetes (T1D) patients"
Source
http://www.geneuro.com/data/news/geneur ... -ms-en.pdf