Friday, May 6, 2016

Zika can infect myelin and could trigger multiple sclerosis

melanocortin and schwann cell development (the schwann cells which make the myelin sheath have the melanocortin 2 receptor)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7651907

Org2766 is an ACTH analog
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8866933

If Zika uses the ACTH receptors (MCR2)  this would explain how the myelin sheath is involved
http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/45803/title/Zika-Linked-to-Another-Neurological-Disorder/

This also means that Zika could trigger multiple sclerosis like the herpes virus but only in those people with mycobacteria infecting the myelin.

see earlier blog posts like the Zika file
http://angelabiggs.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-zika-file.html

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