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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 3 years ago

1) Flu vaccine effectiveness mediated by gut bacteria.https://t.co/sp8Ys0psel2) Maternal gut regulate RSV infection risk in children via bacterial strain Lactobacillus johnsonii.https://t.co/Nfh8Ptlnja3) Gut Bacteria disrupted due to covid.https://t.co/rijnuu9AaH4) Ergo: https://t.co/7RsTVWtgTZ

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 3 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

"Although the underlying mechanisms by which the gut symbionts influence systemic immune responses remain poorly understood, there is evidence for both direct and indirect effects." https://t.co/1ZlRX9aYRl

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 3 years ago
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ā€œIt’s interesting to see that these microbes are having an immune effect beyond where they live in the gut. They’re affecting places like your blood, spleen, and bone marrow – places where there shouldn’t be any bacteria.ā€ https://t.co/jKC7VZYzPS

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 3 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

"We found that lung immunity more closely reflects lung bacteria than it does bacteria in the upper or lower GI tract." https://t.co/fqVEc4ZSHw

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 3 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

"To date there is no direct evidence from human or animal studies on the role of lung microbiome in modifying COVID-19 disease; however" [AUG 2020]https://t.co/M0GRpedjJD

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 3 years ago
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Wonder what else can migrate?"First evidence drug resistant bacteria can travel from gut to lung, increasing infection risks" [NOV 22 2022]https://t.co/rEiAhtmuxg

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 3 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

"Here, we provide a comprehensive overview of microbial products active in the airways, describe the immunological mechanisms they trigger, and discuss their clinical advantages and pitfalls." [May 2022]https://t.co/w1vQVxGj8C

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 3 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

"impact [...] viral respiratory infections on the gut microbiota and discuss [...] imbalance on disease outcomes, including gastrointestinal disorders and secondary bacterial infections. [...] potential role of the lung–gut axis in [covid]" [Jan 2021]https://t.co/m7xXWDUJiV

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 3 years ago
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"Microbes may be recognized by host immune cells, resulting in systemic cytokine release. Or in some cases, "the bugs make drugs," such that bioactive compounds are secreted by microbes, absorbed into circulation and directly alter lung function." https://t.co/PrkXQJCrSi

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 3 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

"Kefir: A protective dietary supplementation against viral infection" [Jan 2021]https://t.co/5Phma1Pioj https://t.co/vLIcRRajuh

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 3 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

Milk brings wisdom.https://t.co/2YwyDQcaiL

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 3 years ago

I bet "he need some milk" lady was more right than she realized.Did you know that cannabis use can be a self-medication for Crohn's (a disease with elevated ACE).So is kefir.https://t.co/61o5xjWTdw https://t.co/Rrkl0qtg7s

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james, the giant peach@JimmyRis• almost 3 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

@ultimape it's considered by the kundalini yogis to be the core of the yogi diet too, tons of milk consumption

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 3 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

"review in Nature Reviews Immunology concludes that evidence is mounting in clinical trials and other studies that the composition and function of individuals' gut microbiota are "crucial factors" in affecting immune responses to vaccinations" https://t.co/Y4j5IEu16d

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 3 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

"We also provide an overview of current microbiota-based approaches to enhance vaccine outcomes, and describe novel microbe-derived components that could lead to safer, more effective vaccines and vaccine adjuvants." https://t.co/NCCCvSHZA9

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 3 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

"A major implication of our findings for global public health is the possibility that the microbiota plays a role in immune responses to vaccines. The status of the host microbiota may be a critical determinant of vaccine efficacy" https://t.co/xCWPaqZbkX

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 3 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

Fix your gut.https://t.co/9htsQ0AUi4

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 3 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

"Influenza virus infection increases ACE2 expression and shedding in human small airway epithelial cells" [2021]https://t.co/c7Y1iCr9zP

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 3 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

"(ACE) and ACE2 are involved in several pathologies such as cardiovascular functions, renal disease, and acute lung injury. In the current study, we report that ACE2 could mediate the severe acute lung injury induced by influenza A (H7N9) virus" https://t.co/KY7juwwcq5

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 3 years ago
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šŸ§„šŸ„›šŸ¦ https://t.co/ZhmTLq3LT6

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 3 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

I'm not qualified.https://t.co/XxXiouieEF

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 5 years ago

I am not a doctor.Θα Ļ‡ĻĪ·ĻƒĪ¹Ī¼ĪæĻ€ĪæĪ¹Ī®ĻƒĻ‰ αυτά τα Γιαιτητικά ĻƒĻ‡Ī®Ī¼Ī±Ļ„Ī± που θα Ļ‰Ļ†ĪµĪ»Ī®ĻƒĪæĻ…Ī½ τους Ī±ĻƒĪøĪµĪ½ĪµĪÆĻ‚ μου ĻƒĻĪ¼Ļ†Ļ‰Ī½Ī± με τη Ī¼ĪµĪ³Ī±Ī»ĻĻ„ĪµĻĪ· Γυνατή Ī¹ĪŗĪ±Ī½ĻŒĻ„Ī·Ļ„Ī± και κρίση μου, και Γεν θα κάνω κακό Ī® αΓικία σε Ī±Ļ…Ļ„ĪæĻĻ‚. https://t.co/ZfECEeILPW

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 3 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

"A new preclinical study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators found that certain bacteria in the gut may reduce susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection" [Aug 2022] https://t.co/x3TLv0BU3Vhttps://t.co/jdXAyfbrkC

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 4 years ago

@Joinmich @mohitvirmani11 @pmarca @lorakolodny @balajis We are looking at sick people. We should be looking at what is keeping the asymptomatic healthy, and then trying the microbes they have out on mice inoculated with gut microbiome ala personalized medicine approaches.

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 3 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

I want to engineer my oral, skin, and lung microbes to kill viruses on contact.I plan on becoming immortal.https://t.co/mLnLHQTM0o

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 4 years ago

Spit spreads disease, didn't you hear? Please ignore how there are antiviral peptides being made by healthy people's oral bacteria.Spitting on the side walk is unhygenic, you dirty heathen.https://t.co/OnBVyz4z1L

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 3 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

I doubled my grip strength without a lick of exercise by fixing my gut bacteria.https://t.co/VxdXYhEFfR

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 4 years ago

I can't wait to see someone talking about how stupid people were for putting honey, garlic, and dirt in their wounds. Then laying into them w/ about how some dirt has commensal bacteria that promote literal wound healing properties.Well... actually... https://t.co/y0L0uGbZSN

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 3 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

I healed my left eye of near blindness, likely by way of inhibiting inflammatory responses tied to diabetic retinopathy that we also see in M.S and R.A. along the RAGE pathway.https://t.co/H7JL3Sdvc0

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 3 years ago

I enjoy falling sand games.This isn't the first time that I figured out a medical issue from that game. The double vision I get in my left eye (seen in quote tweet) also went away.Why?https://t.co/gDw9mH9g4I

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 3 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

Fasting and vitamin A + minerals cured my night vision.https://t.co/A7Yl9zogAh

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 3 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

I'm fairly certain that I know what kind of bacteria you need to get this effect to reverse and it shows up in this guy's latest research on epigenetic modulation of aging factors.https://t.co/kPnG4PpxmF

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 3 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

I ate literal dog shit to fix my gut. meanwhile the FDA only this month approved the first FMT treatment for C-DIFF.https://t.co/JEMlmy0ZR3

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 4 years ago

@PeterKolchinsky I'm literally buying medical grade dog shit to boost mTOR via gut bacteria in hopes of ensuring a proper immune response to the vaccine, so don't call me an antivaxxer.https://t.co/ZassH4tNGc https://t.co/TBrlWuf87L

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 3 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

Get rekt.https://t.co/48AnATfS5U

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 4 years ago

Do not try what I am suggesting at home. Wait about 15-20 years so that science research can be done and the medical institutions can train their doctors on how to eat dog shit safely. Then you can ask your doctor.https://t.co/fdwpd9IGQl

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 3 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

Be more aware of the bugs that love you.https://t.co/397APLl8ON

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 5 years ago

Be more aware of the bugs you love - <3"I trembleThey're gonna eat me aliveIf I stumbleThey're gonna eat me alive"šŸŽ¶https://t.co/zziLxkUCGT

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 3 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

Gotta go fast.https://t.co/RsQ1HlIUQD

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 5 years ago

How do we... Uh... Speed up the peer review process?"The median incubation period was 3.0 days (range, 0 to 24.0 days)."https://t.co/HJElaXzWIM

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 3 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

"There was a 1,000-fold reduction in serum levels of secondary bile acids after antibiotic treatment, which was highly correlated with transcriptional signatures of inflammation, suggesting a role for secondary bile acids in suppressing inflammation." https://t.co/9plFXlVT8o

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 3 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

Did you know that "Angiotensin II subtype 1 receptor blockade inhibits Clostridium difficile toxin A" in rabbits?https://t.co/oNs3NoKhvC

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 3 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

What do you think that FMT thing is doing to treat C Diff?

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 3 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

"Therefore, the development of drugs based on RAS blockers, such as angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs), that inhibit the damaging axis of the RAS cascade may become one of the most promising approaches for the treatment of COVID-19 in the near future" https://t.co/EMa7ob7jtY

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 3 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

How, uh... How long until we can test other.. uh.. other FMT cures against disease?took > 9 years for that C diff thing.https://t.co/PUNST2Lkjo

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 3 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

What happens if you fix your gut to avoid this?"Gut microbiota facilitate AngII-induced vascular dysfunction and hypertension, at least in part, by supporting an MCP-1/IL-17 driven vascular immune cell infiltration and inflammation." https://t.co/5sG9mwuoaF

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 3 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

There's a reason why I'm talking about C Diff infection. It highlights another problem that is a fallout of how we have been treating covid w/ antibiotics and immune modulating therapies. This destroys the gut (hence why FMT is needed). https://t.co/tXWHiAib3B https://t.co/NPBgnkzeJS

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 3 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

There's another thing surging right now too, strep A https://t.co/CKtfVlqk4B

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 3 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

A bacterial infection... https://t.co/T5HNpYO2OtAfter couple years of a disease that drives gut dysbiosis.Color me surprised.

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 3 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

BRB, reading thru every paper who's cited"Emerging insights on intestinal dysbiosis during bacterial infections" from 'Current Opinion in Microbiology' in 2014https://t.co/E4diarwrF2

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 3 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

Don't mind me, just curing wide swaths of disease in a self obsessed quest to solve my autism.https://t.co/7WpGKKyLrN

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 3 years ago

"To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of the effects of broad-spectrum antibiotics on the immune response in humans — in this case, our response to vaccination — directly induced through the disturbance of our gut bacteria" [2019]https://t.co/sp8Ys0psel

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 2 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

"evidence is beginning to suggest a COVID infection could affect the balance of bacteria in the gut, which might go some way to explaining why some people have persistent symptoms after a COVID infection." 🤪https://t.co/a6B1vmqmYbhttps://t.co/jdXAyfaTv4

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 4 years ago

@Joinmich @mohitvirmani11 @pmarca @lorakolodny @balajis We are looking at sick people. We should be looking at what is keeping the asymptomatic healthy, and then trying the microbes they have out on mice inoculated with gut microbiome ala personalized medicine approaches.

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 2 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

Have you tried eating shit?https://t.co/Qqa23pjTgz

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 4 years ago

YOLO"Gut microbial taxa trigger unique immune signaling pathways to combat viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 but the mechanisms are poorly understood."https://t.co/a9nz9jprZa

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 2 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

Sure is weird how many people have *checks notes* C-difficile infections https://t.co/HMjuILM4D1

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 2 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

"In this article, a new potential treatment for COVID-19 by fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is described." [2021] https://t.co/ZWkmF6gTuwWe must go faster.https://t.co/RsQ1HlIUQD

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 5 years ago

How do we... Uh... Speed up the peer review process?"The median incubation period was 3.0 days (range, 0 to 24.0 days)."https://t.co/HJElaXzWIM

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 2 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

"The study data confirmed that immunocompromised individuals show varying serological responses to COVID-19 vaccines under the influence of the gut microbiota."https://t.co/X8xnxfty7Z https://t.co/7gLTgcv4Rl

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

Immune compromised and your gut bacteria is disrupted? Better jab more times just to be sure they work. Don't bother fixing the underlying T and B cell disruption and missing gut bacteria that promote immune system learning. That'd be silly.https://t.co/URW2OZv40C

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 4 years ago

I am being told the answer to poor antibody learning from vaccines is MOAR vaccines.What could go wrong?

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

"Further evidence has shown that the gut microbiota influences the adaptive immune response of the host, the arm of the immune system necessary for Plasmodium clearance, sustained Plasmodium immunity, and vaccine efficacy." [2020]https://t.co/WiyDinxNVl

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

Jab jab jab. Right hook.https://t.co/GVixvciYvV

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago

Atopic dermatitis, in my mast cell activation syndrome driven by poor gut health, potentially enhancing malaria parasite infection strategies, and treatable via F. Prausnitzii (missing in long covid)? Imagine that.https://t.co/IGQY6C1IsT https://t.co/uUdUHEmk8U

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

"Human gut bacterial metabolism drives Th17 activation and colitis" https://t.co/1QxAuWg64T"GF mice were also observed to have a Th1/Th2 imbalance: their immune response is biased toward the Th2 response"https://t.co/rE0LIiwt8O

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

"The microbiome and the immune system are critically intertwined, [...] What’s present in the gut determines what education immune cells get." https://t.co/A27e3k2ZmI

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

Vaccine efficacy, in my gut bacteria mediated immune function?What can we conclude from this:"HIV-specific Th2 and Th17 responses predict HIV vaccine protection efficacy"https://t.co/Pw1jCQ3yKL

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

Talking (ab)out my ass here. clearly.https://t.co/W7uzHP2V7b

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago

SCFAs level up."In this Review, we synthesize this evidence, discuss the immunological mechanisms that potentially mediate these effects and consider the potential of microbiota-targeted interventions to optimize vaccine effectiveness." [may 2021] https://t.co/9plFXmduwY https://t.co/SXNDiT3Avv

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

Nothing to see here, move along folks. https://t.co/RKT0G1Fut3

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago

"Our recent studies show that microorganisms in the human gastrointestinal tract affect the severity of COVID-19 and for the first time provide indications that the virus might replicate in gut bacteria." [APR 2022]https://t.co/ocUO4wEliB😱https://t.co/na1qukGjok https://t.co/03Oq1qRCyA

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

Gotta get that dog shit energy.https://t.co/5ykAjAbBRj

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 3 years ago

dog shit energy."only a few probiotics have been investigated for their antiviral effects, and the clinical data are still insufficient." https://t.co/I1cLY3H1uBhttps://t.co/9PqP9eMn3D

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

Mad scientist energy.https://t.co/tuZefxEkt3

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 3 years ago

I can pull them out of thin air. Here's one from 2013."The bacteria that live in the human gut may play an important role in immune response to vaccines and infection by wild-type enteric organisms, according to two recent studies." https://t.co/xTLJ1WEzjD

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

"These findings advance our understanding of the contribution of immune and microbial factors to inter-individual variations in vaccine-induced adaptive immunity." [APR 2023](BNT162b2 = BioNTech/Pfizer's mRNA based covid shot "Tozinameran"/"Comirnaty")https://t.co/JUAM9aeOgl

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

That study on covid vaccine response seems to be talking about how "Activator protein 1 (AP-1)" makes the vaccine not work as well.Guess what bacteria makes a thing that inhibits AP-1? This is found in my Kefir.https://t.co/YGssXIju0ghttps://t.co/XZfynG18zd https://t.co/vH6dNOXUUF

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 3 years ago

"Kefir: A protective dietary supplementation against viral infection" [Jan 2021]https://t.co/5Phma1Pioj https://t.co/vLIcRRajuh

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

Hey look, An infection that drives Scarlet Fever that shows up in the throat is spread via throat. Who could have guessed."Bacteria discreetly dwelling in throat revealed to be primary source of Strep A transmission" [JUL 2023]https://t.co/N87Sa90nWE https://t.co/y4sMGz3iP2

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

Respiratory droplets lmao."Group A strep bacteria often live in the nose and throat." https://t.co/82XQulXdkK

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7/28/2023
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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

Oh boy. If this paper from 1929 is right, it means killing viruses that target bacteria might make you more susceptible to bacteria infections."The Resistance of Scarlet Fever Streptococci to the Action of Bacteriophage" [1929]https://t.co/x7CSaIHdb5

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

I did that, wasn't fun.https://t.co/xboXfEPLXM

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 3 years ago

@alexeyguzey @dlx5dlx6 @Grimhood @dailectic @The_Lagrangian I was taking a zinc pill a while back that caused me to have some weird GI response. Symptoms of a bacteria infection (green poop unrelated to diet coloring). But also wasn't eating as well as I should to promote the ones I wanted.

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

Would be neat if the problem here is that we are missing some commensal strains of Streptococcus that out compete Strep A. But 'more research needed'. ĀÆ\_(惄)_/ĀÆhttps://t.co/qzcbXTM1eh https://t.co/CuQxDa9GXW

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7/28/2023
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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

It seems that coming out of lockdown has reversed the reduced spread of Strep A strains (and meningococcal meningitis)."COVID-19 measures reduced life-threatening invasive bacterial infections" [JUL 2023] https://t.co/DMzy87DOMf

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7/28/2023
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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

Salt gargle can fight bacteria in the mouth. Going to try to find out if Strep A or Meningitis are resistant.https://t.co/VtcONxCwCAIts like we are reliving the past over and over haha.https://t.co/ijuTFpVlOI

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 5 years ago

How do we... Uh... Get access to a large numbe of potential cases to run a clinical trial on the use of salt water gargle as a partial preventative measure against contracting the common cold? You'd think cases would be hard to find...https://t.co/RsQ1HlIn15

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7/28/2023
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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

"may kill some, but does not kill all, mouth and throat bacteria. However, […] help bring bacteria to the surface of the gums, teeth, and throat. Once the bacteria is brought to the surface, some of it washes away when a person spits the salt water out." https://t.co/cgyog9G677

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7/28/2023
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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

Oh neat, Streptococcus Mutans (causes teeth decay) can be killed effectively with salt rinse? I wonder if this has replicated.https://t.co/XJuFqF7W9r

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
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This article isn't helpful for learning about bacterial throat infections, but neat that someone did a proper trial on covid + salt gargle and found positive results. Also that it may be healing mucosal membranes! That is useful. https://t.co/qbPIHnIIpv https://t.co/brECy7kNeX

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
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Probably pretty important to figure this Strep A thing out. Even if it doesn't lead to death, reoccurring infections can trigger the still controversial "pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with streptococcal infection" (PANDAS)https://t.co/SetccGg5OT

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
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My autistic special interest? Autism."Some scientists say an immune condition called PANDAS affects as many as 1 in 200 children who have traits similar to those of autism. But many experts contest that figure — and even the condition’s very existence." https://t.co/kQbmroQXAU

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
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I've asked the same sort of question before to myself... What if we can cure PANDAS by fixing gut bacteria.https://t.co/2Ps90LNGvm

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 3 years ago

@chaosprime @deafitist @GENIC0N @rivatez If PANDAS is real... and dog rose is found as an effective treatment.The next question ought to be: What is it doing to the gut bacteria makes the body produce antibodies?Further: does this relate to Riva's ideas?https://t.co/pbKL9s764K

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
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"However, communicable infectious disease exposure may be causing noncommunicable chronic conditions much more than we think."https://t.co/oGos0UOZkWhttps://t.co/E9fLZVDrUv https://t.co/O4jTfsPKS2

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
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Are we overlooking an interaction between Strep A and an effect behind Covid induced Mucormycosis?"Bacteria that have high affinities of adhesion to salivary pellicle, such as species of Streptococcus and Actinomyces, are primary colonizers of teeth."https://t.co/kPGiVvUlND

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
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It's amazing how often Strep Mutans and Candida Albicans show up in the same paper talking about biofilms. Here we see that I was right to expect dog rose as having synergistic action on this space.https://t.co/vOSFeO9eH9

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
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Looks like I'm adding cinnamon and clove to my toothpaste, and makin sure I replenish Lactobacillus acidophilus in my gut. https://t.co/hBJ8dXnjXa

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
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It seems that the reason why many children's teeth rot out of their head is they drink milk from a cow and get bottle-rot. This may be due to promoting too much oral Lactobacillus?https://t.co/6pyFZuVKXF

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
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I am rethinking how to destroy biofilm.https://t.co/qLsyCbEHYr

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago

@exxtramediumm @FalconryFinance We really need to rethink the way that we analyze bacterium and multi-cellular cooperation. We can't see what we don't look for.https://t.co/DwMHJoAKmY

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
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I am rethinking how to keep our teeth clean.https://t.co/20WC5srn3s

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago

@MongoTheGeek @eigenrobot There is so much work in the early 1900s nutrition research that have biased our thinking on dental carries. We really ought rethink it in the light of oral bacteria's role in digestion, blood pressure, and Alzheimer's.https://t.co/CoOYOq3y0I

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
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And how to eat rocks; but that's an entirely different never ending story.https://t.co/3rWjnROWCW

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 6 years ago

I found a bacteria that eats rocks. Was thinking about what it would take to make them compatible with the human digestion system. As one does. All this really has given me is a better understanding of how to clean my toilet. https://t.co/c7D473RTWh https://t.co/TssNdDE4IK

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
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Ok. Long shot... But I bet Covid related gut dysbiosis impairs Nitric Oxide recycling from the gut and that changes the oral environment.This would promote pathogenic strains that would normally be kept at bay. And it will promote Strep A + related.https://t.co/QjGH60AEbq

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 4 years ago

@EVonHoccheim @manriqueDVD I'm personally taking some oral health supplements that promote B6 and nitric oxide production/recycling. This is more to compensate for Crohn's than it is for oral health. Treating these (including butyrate) as prebiotics.

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
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Impaired NO recycling could also explain long covid associated muscle wasting problems. https://t.co/wTqp97fp0l

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
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"We conclude that eNO is increased in active IBD and correlates with the activity of the disease; furthermore, we found a negative correlation between spirometry and disease activity in patients with CD." [2002]https://t.co/MpIPuEtAQz https://t.co/QFV9r20Iyx

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
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The body stops doing eNO during covid infection. Why? The body doesn't want any more ACE receptors, Covid wants more to infect them."Can Exhaled Nitric Oxide Be a Biomarker for Hospitalized and Post-COVID-19 Patients?" [2021]https://t.co/uU8xlpy1oH https://t.co/grpABM1mSz

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
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"(ACE) inhibitors increase NO production both directly and indirectly by preventing production of [ANGII] (which diminishes NO production) and inhibiting the degradation of bradykinin (which stimulates local release of NO)." https://t.co/2GknlWN3yjNo ace inhibition, no NO.

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
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A prediction from this is we should see Anti-CD24 Antibodies in some people as well as possibly other antibodies associated with Nitric Oxide pathways driving over active immune state ala:https://t.co/vEw7gswxGJ

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
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Its important to separate the acute from teh long term effects of covid. In the acute state with risk of death from pneumonia in a hospital, ACE activators may help. Its like the body pushes itself too far into protection mode to point of hurting itself. https://t.co/ibdLksMF9P

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
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These systems in the body are being regulated by immune responses and not always in the same way for different people. Outcomes will vary depending on existing immune state / effectiveness.

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
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This is especially so when you have a SARS cuz the spike proteins itself is harder to recognize for the immune system already. A poorly targeted response may lead to autoantibodies by mistake.https://t.co/2KsWgrv6Xo

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
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The immune cells doesn't know anything initially about covid. Or if it does, it'd based on past experiences & needs to learn it to pattern match.Immune system is vaguely like image classifiers. It works on taste-testing receptor sites & surface glycans.https://t.co/KKKqaLQq4c

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
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In the past on a non-aggressive strain, it may have been fine to just destroy ACE2 in response to inflammatory signals. So it may just do that again.

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
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This is way way more likely if your B and T cells aren't well differentiated -> they'll just aim their anger in the general direction of the inflammation.Poor targeting is basically autoimmunity.https://t.co/QUsB4qFW28

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

Nitric Oxide signaling plays a huge role in blood pressure regulation, especially related to exertion. SO expecting something around this space to be impaired as fall out from infection seems reasonable.https://t.co/3U7Mtr2ikH

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
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What happens if this unexpected phenomena fails to take place, or is reverted?"finding was completely unexpected, [...] Prior to our study, IgA cells had not been shown to reside in the dura mater under steady state conditions."https://t.co/3ZVHxoBX7Nhttps://t.co/6wjvFGCN66

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

The immune system is constantly learning (and unlearning) new adaptive strategies.Its really fun to think about the immune system as a really elaborate image classifier because it also implies that it could get something akin to "catastrophic forgetting.https://t.co/TMuROu09gA

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
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Measles does something like that."The discovery that measles depletes people’s antibody repertoires, partially obliterating immune memory to most previously encountered pathogens, supports the immune amnesia hypothesis."https://t.co/KCgmTCtXf7

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
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What else could change antibodies?"This study indicates that it’s not simply the presence or absence of antibodies that matter; rather, the amount and type of antibodies that may play a defining role in the development of a protective immune response," https://t.co/rf9o5AypEw

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

Could your mom be giving you autoantibodies that make the your brain grow wrong?https://t.co/dCQn46a4pf

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 3 years ago

This makes me wonder about inheriting viral and bacterial induced autoimmune issues via antibodies from mothers entirely via breast milk.I wonder how this might persists in the gut.https://t.co/FZa6yVz8Sxhttps://t.co/WZ40iKBYlG

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
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Could you be inheriting antibodies from your environment based on what you eat?https://t.co/5Bz0ksdVoK

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 4 years ago

@Quancth @TheSpiffingBrit A study from 2013 talks about how insect microbiome contribute to pathogen resistance. They may literally be making tiny antibodies using their gut.https://t.co/wHqCg7dDXz https://t.co/0euv1HPMz5

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
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Who knows!https://t.co/km83mWiWgJ

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 4 years ago

@Quancth @TheSpiffingBrit A study from last year, from University of Berm, suggests humans may have a similar process." indicating that the intestinal microbes direct the development of our antibodies before we get a serious infection and this process is certainly not random"https://t.co/Xs6EwKpZOg

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

Ants are kinda cool.https://t.co/JOG3MW2y5W

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 4 years ago

My focus on gut bacteria is because of how ants modulate their brains via diet.https://t.co/yFkfemEkhq

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 2 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

Got a bad case of 'member berries right now.https://t.co/eXgYdjS3W6

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 2 years ago

Remember when the WHO said that Saline and Garlic to treat Covid was a myth, and then in January 2022 they changed their mythbusting website to remove those entries?I member.https://t.co/4NWP7ufWrb

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 2 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

Did you know that antibiotics seem to make the covid vaccines not work as well? Seems to me it's rather important to have your gut be healthy if you wanna mount an immune defense.https://t.co/7NvBvuT1wM

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 2 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

Did you know that NOD2 is suspected of being one of the drivers of Crohn's disease?https://t.co/wUwwlGAVqF

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 2 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

Why I was struggling to get a vaccine response all these years -> persistent gut inflammation tied to TLR4 and NOD2"Modulation of immune responses to vaccination by the microbiota: implications and potential mechanism" [MAY 2021]https://t.co/9plFXmduwYhttps://t.co/P0rNJQ3fDZ https://t.co/Nz1cHMcJyS

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago

I wasn't anti-vax. In fact I was trying to figure out why vaccines never seemed to work for me and my family.It was because of our autoimmune disease impacting B and T cell differentiation. My immune system wasn't learning to identify viruses.https://t.co/fbE1RIuasD

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 2 years ago
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We neglect the guts roll in this:"We provide a comprehensive review of the relationship between SARS-CoV-2, NOD2 and ubiquitination. COVID-19 infection partly results from host inborn errors and genetic factors and can lead to autoinflammatory disease" https://t.co/06Yni1CexJ

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 2 years ago
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What if you modulate ubiquination via gut bacteria by aiding in lipid health?https://t.co/zF0QHffSmC

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 7 years ago

@QunolOfficial I think they are helping to bind/cleave it ala "Coenzyme Q10 in the serum is largely found bound to the lipoprotein transport of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and does not circulate in any appreciable concentration as an unbound form." https://t.co/ddGO1Jejic

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 2 years ago
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Might be useful to figure out."The study of ubiquitination has become essential to learning about host–pathogen interactions, and a better understanding [...] will contribute to vaccine development and effective treatment of diseases." https://t.co/oqCbKJR7Zi

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 1 year ago
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Anyone want that delicious disease X? If we get measles, yellow fever, and malaria all spreading at the same time we'll be absolutely fucked. https://t.co/RZ6Nol98Ylhttps://t.co/KdVTvOUaOq

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 1 year ago

Did you know yellow fever vaccine (for mosquito born parasite) can interact with measles vaccination?You can learn a lot by studying "The early-life gut microbiome and vaccine efficacy" [SEP 2022]https://t.co/CdNlqaPyMB https://t.co/MJMbQ3ToCH

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 1 year ago
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"Growing evidence shows that the composition of the intestinal microbiota, which is known to play an important role in the development and regulation of immune responses, influences responses to vaccination"https://t.co/QmK354m2E8https://t.co/GseTOa7Z96

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 1 year ago

@Maxiimiliano_L @DavidRCrowe Do we have a answer for what causes SIDS yet?"We propose a new hypothesis that the infant gut microbiome plays an important role in SIDS during the period critical to both gut flora aturation/development and vulnerability to SIDS" https://t.co/s2VoWeteyJ

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 1 year ago
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Did you know that if your gut is messed up you don't get a healthy response to vaccines, and might succumb to disorders with B and T cell differentiation problems?Oh look, a study from NASA on why even with quarantine people still seem to get space flu.https://t.co/OZoC5V5Cw1

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 1 year ago

I love that i'm ahead of Nasa. here they describe B and T cell dysfunction as a consequence of space travel's disruption of gut microbes leading to increased infection by influenza etc. Published yesterday. https://t.co/O7v0JbZVPt

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 1 year ago
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Who could have guessed? https://t.co/UH7rfoCl7y

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago

I wasn't anti-vax. In fact I was trying to figure out why vaccines never seemed to work for me and my family.It was because of our autoimmune disease impacting B and T cell differentiation. My immune system wasn't learning to identify viruses.https://t.co/fbE1RIuasD

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 1 year ago
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Man, if someone figured this out, maybe they could reverse engineer a gut bacteria cure for type II diabetes *cough*https://t.co/5qC5JHq8Aq

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 2 years ago

what could be going on here?"Accumulating evidence suggests that B and T cell alterations precede the loss of insulin sensitivity in adipose tissue and contribute to the general pro-inflammatory drift observed in T2D" [2019]https://t.co/0v0zjslb3O https://t.co/MCevrQVMwP

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 1 year ago
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Fix your mucus layer so you can support healthy microbiome. Fix your microbiome so you can support a healthy mucus layer. Get your body to produce a gradient of H2O2 to destroy viruses on contact.https://t.co/w5ZHAkuSN5

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 1 year ago
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Space!https://t.co/th6QWVdBVS

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 1 year ago

Having a big think about how an infamous ex-nasa microbiologist blocked me on Twitter and how funny it is that I was *EXACTLY* right on why people in space get space flu.https://t.co/OZoC5V5Cw1

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UltimApe@ultimape• 10 months ago
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Gotta get to space!https://t.co/WjtntcM5q8

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UltimApe@ultimape• 10 months ago

Fix the Gut-Lung axis. 🫁🦠> "This review provides current insights into the interplay between the intestinal microbiota and the immune system, focusing particularly on its intermediary function in vaccine efficacy." [AUG 2024]https://t.co/iFwH1i8PdShttps://t.co/oPCdCyhYjB https://t.co/zsKtdcnPKj

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UltimApe@ultimape• 10 months ago
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"The aim of this narrative review is to explore the intricate interactions between the microbiota and the immune system in response to vaccines, highlighting the state of the art in gut microbiota modulation as a novel therapeutic approach" [OCT 2023] https://t.co/pFpyC38CgL

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UltimApe@ultimape• 7 months ago
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Found some corroborating articles from 2005 on the same(?) study. > "If we really want to make a difference and control influenza, we simply have to change the policy. We have to vaccinate large numbers of children" https://t.co/lgKEABSPydhttps://t.co/UCTrkGU4KN

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UltimApe@ultimape• 7 months ago
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"But in older adults, this response is weakened by age-related damage to a molecule, TRAF3, that signals immune cells to make interferon. Without that signal, and another involving antiviral genes, resistance to flu falls short" https://t.co/nSBp9Ntnqehttps://t.co/lfQKRGHTZC

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UltimApe@ultimape• 7 months ago

If you're havin' gut problems, I feel bad for you, sonFix your bile acid, and inflammation none.https://t.co/z1jY5oj04D

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UltimApe@ultimape• 5 months ago
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> "These findings suggest a paradigm shift: The microbiome may be essential for vaccine success. And microbiota-targeted interventions could one day be standard alongside early-life immunizations—especially for antibiotic-exposed newborns." https://t.co/J9jIkWGUyN

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UltimApe@ultimape• 5 months ago
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(direct link: https://t.co/pSRTKIigWy )

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