Disrupting the residual triggers of COVID-19 in patients with long COVID
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Viral afterlife: SARS-CoV-2 as a reservoir of immunomimetic peptides that reassemble into proinflammatory supramolecular complexes | PNAS
SARS-CoV-2 peptide fragments can reassemble with dsRNA into proinflammatory complexes, amplifying immune responses.
These complexes trigger cytokine secretion in various cell types, mimicking severe COVID-19 inflammation.