Immune cytokine signatures of PASC patients reflect an ongoing chronic inflammation and angiogenesis with elevated plasma levels of IL-17a, stem cell factor, IL-12p70, IL-1, macrophage inflammatory protein-1 (MIP-1), brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), and VEGF 223 Also, among other immune mediators, reduced levels of cortisol strongly correlate with pulmonary-PASC symptoms 224
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