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Jaime Jessop's avatar

Researching further, I find there is still some controversy regarding the relative importance of ACE2 and CD147 binding, with one paper claiming that CD147 does not bind at all to the spike protein, which it clearly DOES in lung and liver cells. I'm uncertain of CD147's role in binding to endothelial cells, so further reading required. As I say, this stuff is really very complex!

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Gary Sharpe's avatar

Very clear explanation - thankyou. I think David Lesondak's book on fascia is relevant here - he has a good section on fibroblasts.... https://garysharpe.substack.com/p/book-review-fascia-what-it-is-and

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