Study promising to protect lungs from deadly disease

Al-Marsad Journal: Scientists at the Gulbenkian Institute in Sencia in Portugal have achieved promising new results, published in a recent study in the scientific journal PLOS Pathogens. About protecting the lungs from fatal damage.
“Once the influenza virus enters the human body, the immune system produces a strong reaction to the massive viral pool, which quickly sends battalions of white blood cells, antibodies and inflammatory molecules to clear the virus,” explains Maria Joao Amorim, the leader. of the study team.
And she continues: A few days after the immune system is attacked, the virus can be cleared and our tissues can be protected from it, but often the lungs suffer significant damage that can lead to death. According to “Sky News”.
In their study, Amorim says, they found that a protein encoded in humans by DAF, which codes for the decay accelerating factor, is responsible for exacerbating influenza infection and increased lung damage in mice.
It turns out that DAF is a receptor on the surface of most cells that protects them from attacks by one of our immune surveillance systems. This system protects us from invading pathogens once they are detected in the circulation, by inactivating the pathogen itself, or within infected cells, by strategizing to eliminate it.