"In clinical studies, lymphocyte count has been described to recover to 80% of baseline value by 3 months; however, less is known about the duration of lymphopenia in real-life clinical practice.

"However, fingolimod-induced lymphopenia persists in 22% of patients for at least up to 1 year after fingolimod stop."

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7641093/

#Immunology
#RepairingCovidDamage
#Covid19
#lymphopenia
#lymphocytes
#epidemiology
#virology

Weary. Verge of tears.

Lymphocyte recovery after fingolimod discontinuation in patients with MS

To investigate the dynamics of immune cells recovery after treatment discontinuation of fingolimod in real-life clinical practice, we analyzed the course of lymphocyte reconstitution and its potential influencing factors in patients with multiple sclerosis ...

PubMed Central (PMC)

"There is limited reendothelialization at the injured site within 1 month of balloon angioplasty while extensive reendothelialization occurs between 1 and 5 months. Reendothelialization is typically completed 5 months after PTCA."

https://academic.oup.com/cardiovascres/article/38/1/54/330562

#RepairingCovidDamage
#Endothelium
#Angioplasty
#Covid19
#epidemiology
#virology
#CardiovascarDisease
#LymphaticSystem
#Pulmonology

I am so weary and on the verge of tears reading this.

Endothelial regrowth after arterial injury: from vascular repair to therapeutics

Time for primary review 32 days.

OUP Academic