Hervk/v transcription in covid

[Jjnz]

Interesting tweet here about a finding of her k and her w transcription in covid

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1383437032446255109

A human endogenous retroviral protein is being induced in lymphocytes in Covid-19. This is the same HERV implicated in Epstein Barr's association with Multiple Sclerosis
Thread links to study
https://t.co/PErRn4WQWV?amp=1
Later comments identify similar txscription in mecfs
https://autoimmunhighlights.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13317-019-0122-8

 

[Hip]

Some antiretroviral drugs (such as tenofovir) have been shown to inhibit HERV-K, which is an endogenous retrovirus there is some evidence may be active in ME/CFS.

This may explain why tenofovir is sometimes very helpful for ME/CFS in a subset of patients.


I am not sure if antiretroviral drugs will also work for HERV-W, but if they did, then perhaps drugs like tenofovir may help COVID and long COVID.