
The omicron strain of CORONAVIRUS greatly affects the body's immune system and some of the cells lose their effectiveness, said Sergey Tokarev, MD, DOCTOR of Medicine, in an interview with Ura.ru.
The evolution of the coronavirus has led Omicron to produce more immune-suppressing proteins. Because of this, the cells that are responsible for the formation of the immune response began to lose their effectiveness.
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According to Tokarev, the omicron strain not only suppresses cell sensitivity to interferons (proteins that the body secretes in response to infection with a virus), but also causes immunocompetent cells (which are part of the immune system) to reduce the production of these proteins.
Infectionist, Doctor of Medical Sciences Nikolai Malyshev, in an interview with RBC, agreed with the statement that the immune system suffers more with Omicron.