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I'm not a scientist, but I have been collecting these links. Sorry, I don't have time to format them properly.

“In the current study, we show that S protein alone can damage vascular endothelial cells (ECs) by downregulating ACE2 and consequently inhibiting mitochondrial function.”

SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Impairs Endothelial Function via Downregulation of ACE 2

Yuyang Lei, Jiao Zhang, Cara R. Schiavon, Ming He, Lili Chen, Hui Shen, Yichi Zhang, Qian Yin, Yoshitake Cho, Leonardo Andrade, Gerald S. Shadel, Mark Hepokoski, Ting Lei, Hongliang Wang, Jin Zhang, Jason X.-J. Yuan, Atul Malhotra, Uri Manor, Shengpeng Wang, Zu-Yi Yuan, John Y-J. Shyy See fewer authors

Originally published31 Mar 2021

https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.121.318902

Circulation Research. 2021;128:1323–1326

“In this paper, we have shown that the SARS-CoV-2 S1 RBD binds to a number of aggregation-prone, heparin binding proteins including Aβ, α-synuclein, tau, prion, and TDP-43 RRM. These interactions suggests that the heparin-binding site on the S1 protein might assist the binding of amyloid proteins to the viral surface and thus could initiate aggregation of these proteins and finally leads to neurodegeneration in brain.”

SARS-CoV-2 spike protein interactions with amyloidogenic proteins: Potential clues to neurodegeneration

Danish Idrees 1, Vijay Kumar 2

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PMID: 33789211 PMCID: PMC7988450 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2021.03.100

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33789211/

“Key to our findings is the demonstration that S1 promotes loss of barrier integrity in an advanced 3D microfluidic model of the human BBB, a platform that more closely resembles the physiological conditions at this CNS interface. Evidence provided suggests that the SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins trigger a pro-inflammatory response on brain endothelial cells that may contribute to an altered state of BBB function.”

The SARS-CoV-2 spike protein alters barrier function in 2D static and 3D microfluidic in-vitro models of the human blood–brain barrier

Author links open overlay panelTetyana P.BuzhdyganabBrandon J.DeOrecAbigailBaldwin-LeclaircTrent A.BullockabHannah M.McGaryaJana A.KhanaRoshanakRazmpouraJonathan F.HaleaPeter A.GaliecRaghavaPotulaabAllison M.AndrewsabServio H.Ramirez

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096999612030406X

Preprint:

“We conclude that SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein, efficiently primed, activated and strategically poised during biosynthesis, can exploit the CM's inherent membranous connectivity to drive heart damage directly, uncoupling clinically common myocardial injury from lymphocytic myocarditis, often suspected but rarely confirmed in COVID-19.”

SARS-CoV-2 direct cardiac damage through spike-mediated cardiomyocyte fusion

Jay W. Schneider 1 # , David R. Pease 1 #, Chanakha K. Navaratnarajah 2 #, Peter Halfmann 3, Daniel J. Clemens 4, Dan Ye 4, 5, Chang Sung Kim 4, 5, Alison Barkhymer 2, Stephen Cohle 6, Aron Banks 7, Arpit Mehta 7, Joseph Rantus 7, Tim L. Emmerzaal 8, Tamás Kozicz 8, Kyle G. Howell 9, Jon E. Charlesworth 9, Trace A. Christensen 9, Yoshihiro Kawaoka 3, 10, Leslie T. Cooper 11, Michael J. Ackerman 4, 5, Roberto Cattaneo 2, and Wanek Family Program for HLHS-Stem Cell Pipeline

https://europepmc.org/article/ppr/ppr232448

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A guy below uses google docs to collate links - might be helpful for you too. Can just link to the google doc vs copy+pasting stuff. Just a thought.

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Please be a bit more accurate and say "putting a mRNA that will encode the spike protein into the human body by injection"

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It's interesting reading these various articles, by many different authors, then asking questions.

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****Preprint

Differences in Vaccine and SARS-CoV-2 Replication Derived mRNA: Implications for Cell Biology and Future Disease

Kevin McKernan1, Anthony M. Kyriakopoulos2, Peter McCullough3

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/356545068_Differences_in_Vaccine_and_SARS-CoV-2_Replication_Derived_mRNA_Implications_for_Cell_Biology_and_Future_Disease

"We show a significant increase in the GC content of mRNAs in vaccines as compared to native SARS-CoV-2 RNA sequences encoding the spike protein. As the GC enrichment leads to more G-quadruplex structure formations, these may contribute to potential pathological processes initiated by SARS-CoV-2 molecular vaccination. “

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Great article.

My biggest question is related to myself. I am a Covid survivor (was not a big deal), never vaxxed.

Does the same spike protein negatively affect those who had symptomatic Covid? When I had my Covid infection, did the same Covid spikes damage my own immune system in the same way?

I had Covid a year ago, first day it was stomach flu, I was given IV fluids and stomach calming medications, then I had 4 more days of 101 fever and that was it.

I do not observe any immune system damage, so far I had two minor colds and that's it.

But I am somwehat worried that Covid virus and Covid spikes have the same deleterious effect as the vaccine free floating spike proteins.

Any idea?

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This is a very good question and one that I have wondered as well. From my lay research, it seems likely that the damage done from a natural infection—which takes time to build and stays mainly localized in the respiratory system—when cleared quickly by a strong immune response as seen in the vast majority of cases that are mild, is far more preferable to the wide distribution across multiple systems of spike protein generated from our own cells and inducing potential autoimmune response in the process.

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Igor, I had Covid, too, in the beginning of 2021. Massive headaches over 3 days and herpes Zoster. No antibodies. It changed structure of my blood, it seems, that the red blood cells are clotted. All blood tests came back normal but you can see that the blood is different (but only selective) when you are bleeded (cupped) in areas where muscles are extremely uptight. Normally blood is liquid and runs into the cupping glass, after having had Covid (or the jab) the blood is stiff and looks like foam. I can send you a picture of my neck, if you are interested.

I worked in the practice of a TCM doctor who is specialiced on Covid and have seen a lot of people with the same phenomenon. But the people who had Covid could be treated way more easily than people who had the jab.

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Thanks for your report. Very interesting. When did you test for antibodies?

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I have tested for antibodies three times in the meantime. In July, September and November. Always negative. But I have to admit that the lab I went to only tests for spike antibodies and not for nucleotide antibodies.

If I didn‘t have the clotted blood (and problems up until now) I would have never thought that Covid struck me 😄. I did not have ANY of the „mainstream“ symptoms like fever, cough, etc.

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I'm not a doctor... but I would think that you are unlikely to have had immune system damage. Here is my reasoning: in mild or moderate infections, your body stops the virus before it really gets down into your lungs and/or into your bloodstream - it deals with it in the upper respiratory mucosal tract. The vaccines mimic the most severe form of COVID-19, by causing your body to produce spike proteins in your vascular (heart and blood) system. This is how the damage occurs, since spike proteins circulating in your blood (caused by either the vaccine or by severe infection) go literally everywhere in your body; having mucosal tissue encounter the spike protein does not circulate it throughout the body.

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I have been collecting studies since the beginning of the pandemic, so have quite a long list. While not exhaustive, I have been saving the most important ones (to me) in a goggle doc:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/10qDWzHN9cfLeRkn3WvOVeVVY_t_zQgoMjUaalJezRPg/edit

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Bless you for this.

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https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1160/TH04-10-0701?fbclid=IwAR2Cxl9Cc2VHH17WZSf5_kWU7NHU1y_dX9EjhunKhfdxvL6SWpVq16VfiUI

"There is an increased number of in vitro evidence that angioten-sin II (Ang II) may promote thrombosis

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the contribution of coagulation and fibrinolytic systems in the mode of Ang II action was also determined. Venous thrombosis was induced by ligation of vena cava. Ang II infused into rats developing venous thrombosis caused dose-dependent increase in thrombus weight, which was partially reversed by losartan, selective AT1 antagonist. "

Paper Title: Angiotensin II enhances thrombosis development in renovascular hypertensive rats

One of the body's defenses against angiotensin, and forms of clotting, is ACEII. The virus and the jab expose the body to the spike protein. The spike protein attaches to ACEII and blocks the body's anti-inflammatory, anti-clotting response.

The drug Losartan reverses many of the inflammatory effects of spike, the jab, and the virus. Anecdotally, I've tested Losartan for over a year and felt no negative side effects. Losartan restored my sense of taste and smell immediately, and gave me new lungs. My endurance climbing hills, for example, is better now, than when I was a teenager. Losartan also restored my hearing to childhood levels, before the rock concerts.

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Thanks James. I got some good stuff. Lancet Letter Demolishes Vaccination

Says vaccination does not even slow down the pandemic. https://igorchudov.substack.com/p/lancet-article-demolishes-vaccination, https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S2666-7762%2821%2900258-1

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The stupid reply to an article like this is that people believe that the vaccine spike protein is harmless because of the special measures (chef's secret sauce) taken by our benevolent Big Pharma saviors. That is the exact crap that the MSM floats. Pretty weak, but good enough for many dummies.

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SARS-CoV-2 Requires Cholesterol for Viral Entry and

Pathological Syncytia Formation, Sanders et al. Elife. 2021 Apr 23;10:e65962. doi: 10.7554/eLife.65962 This quiet research is directed to understanding the pathology of SARS-CoV-2, but the results seem to me to be directly transferable to the mRNA vaccines. It shows that cells expressing full length spike protein on their surface fuse to other cells that express the ACE 2 receptor, eventually creating multicellular syncytia. I believe a similar process is involved in placenta formation. The authors draw attention to the pathology this might cause in lung tissue: "Here, we report that co-culture of human cells expressing the receptor ACE2 with cells expressing SARS-CoV-2 spike, results in synapse-like intercellular contacts that initiate cell-cell fusion, producing syncytia resembling those we identify in lungs of COVID-19 patients." Might this also explain some of the vascular effects of the vaccine? Possible impacts on reproductive tissues or placental tissue? Interestingly, membrane cholesterol was needed for cell fusion, and this was connected to better covid outcomes in patients taking statins.

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SARS–CoV–2 Spike Impairs DNA Damage Repair and Inhibits V(D)J Recombination In Vitro, Jiang et al.

"Here, by using an in vitro cell line, we report that the SARS–CoV–2 spike protein significantly inhibits DNA damage repair, which is required for effective V(D)J recombination in adaptive immunity. Mechanistically, we found that the spike protein localizes in the nucleus and inhibits DNA damage repair by impeding key DNA repair protein BRCA1 and 53BP1 recruitment to the damage site. Our findings reveal a potential molecular mechanism by which the spike protein might impede adaptive immunity and underscore the potential side effects of full-length spike-based vaccines."

Yowsa. Spike interferes with the development of adaptive immunity?

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