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>Syncytia formation [during placentation] could be specifically impaired by Syncytin-1 inhibition [through] specific antibodies[...]
>Grandi, N. and Tramontano, E., 2017. Type W Human Endogenous Retrovirus (HERV-W) Integrations and Their Mobilization by L1 Machinery: Contribution to the Human Transcriptome and Impact on the Host Physiopathology. Viruses, 9(7), p.162.

>The expression of other HERV proteins, triggered by viruses, especially EBV, can be harmful.
>It is now suggested that this is what happens in multiple sclerosis [...] type 1 diabetes [and the expression of HERVs may be associated with] schizophrenia.
>Vernon, G., Life, B., 2021. Of HERVs and COVID-19: questions for the future | BJGP Life. Accessed online:
>https://bjgplife.com/2020/05/21/of-hervs-and-covid-19-questions-for-the-future/

>Where there is significant similarity to engogenous retroviral peptide motifs, the human host may see them as “ALTERED SELF”. That MAY be a prescription for an allergenic response[...]
>Regions that may be recognized as altered self may be deleterious is[sic *if*] included in any vaccine formulation.
>There was in fact a SARS vaccine used in mice that elicited an allergic response upon challenge.
>Gallaher, W., 2021. Response to nCoV2019 Against Backdrop of Endogenous Retroviruses. Virological. Accessed online:
>https://virological.org/t/response-to-ncov2019-against-backdrop-of-endogenous-retroviruses/396