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A beneficial effect of metformin in individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 (two randomized, placebo-controlled trials)

Metformin showed a beneficial effect in individuals with COVID-19 and reduced the incidence of long COVID syndrome

Cognitive-linguistic disorders in individuals with long COVID syndrome

Participants with Long COVID performed worse than healthy controls in delayed and immediate verbal recall, informativeness of spoken discourse, letter fluency, and category fluency for animals.

BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine impairs endothelial function for six months after the second vaccination (brachial flow-mediated dilation assessment)

After the second vaccination with BNT162b2, the results showed impaired endothelial function in relatively healthy participants.

The KP.2 (JN.1.11.1.2) variant, which is spreading rapidly in several regions, exhibits increased immune resistance

The results showed the increased immune resistance of the KP.2 variant and the variant’s ability to evade neutralizing antibodies to a greater extent than previous variants, including JN.1.

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Two case reports of IgG4-related disease that developed after COVID-19 vaccination and manifested as sialadenitis, pancreatitis and hepatopathy

Cerebrovascular lesions and vascular abnormalities in pediatric patients infected with the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 (MRI study)

Cardiotoxic effects of mRNA-1273 and BNT162b2 induce disturbances of regular contractile function in rat cardiomyocytes

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Changes in the brain functional connectome in individuals suffering from post-COVID syndrome

Deterioration of heart function in a human cardiac microtissue model under persistent SARS-CoV-2 infection and hypoxic conditions

A Norwegian nationwide registry-based study: the risks of adverse events in older adolescents after anti SARS-CoV-2 vaccination within predefined risk windows

Severe vascular remodeling of placental arteries in women infected with SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy

High levels of intra-host genetic diversity of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in individuals with advanced, poorly controlled HIV infection

The diversity of intracellular microbes in immune cells of SARS-CoV-2 positive and COVID-19 recovered individuals

The involvement of hypothalamic circuits in SARS-CoV-2 infection of the central nervous system

Long COVID patients have abnormal gas exchange, measured by 129Xe MRI red blood cells-to–alveolar tissue barrier ratio

Non-ischemic myocardial fibrosis has been found in 30% of patients with post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (Cardiac MRI study)

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Brain neurons form functionally relevant excitatory glutamatergic synapses with metastatic cells of non-neural cancers

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy has been found in 41% of deceased young athletes who played contact sports and were exposed to repeated head impacts

Lipopolysaccharide-induced systemic inflammation reduces the number of hippocampal GABA-ergic synapses and leads to memory impairment (animal study)

The impaired transcription of endogenous retroviruses in pregnant women with multiple sclerosis

The cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome, recently defined by the American Heart Association

Certain bacterial species found in colorectal cancer can resist the toxicity of chemotherapeutic 5-fluorouracil and reduce drug efficacy

14TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON AUTOIMMUNITY. Ljubljana, Slovenia. 17-20 May 2024

The International Congress on Autoimmunity is the largest multidisciplinary congress that covers all aspects of related diseases, offering lectures and courses by some of the world’s most renowned experts.