{"id":67402,"date":"2026-09-30T10:44:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T00:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=67402"},"modified":"2026-09-30T10:44:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T00:44:34","slug":"the-gut-macrophage-feedback-loop-could-dysbiosis-help-sustain-the-smoldering-macrophage-in-long-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=67402","title":{"rendered":"The Gut\u2013Macrophage Feedback Loop: Could Dysbiosis Help Sustain the Smoldering Macrophage in Long COVID?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67403\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/The_Gut\u2013Macrophage_Feedback_Loop.jpg\" alt=\"The Gut\u2013Macrophage Feedback Loop\" width=\"1100\" height=\"733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/The_Gut\u2013Macrophage_Feedback_Loop.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/The_Gut\u2013Macrophage_Feedback_Loop-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/The_Gut\u2013Macrophage_Feedback_Loop-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/The_Gut\u2013Macrophage_Feedback_Loop-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle subtitle-HEEcLo\" dir=\"auto\">Could SARS-CoV-2-induced dysbiosis create a self-sustaining cycle of intestinal barrier dysfunction, microbial translocation and macrophage activation?<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wmcresearch.substack.com\/p\/the-gutmacrophage-feedback-loop-could\">https:\/\/wmcresearch.substack.com\/p\/the-gutmacrophage-feedback-loop-could<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Could SARS-CoV-2-induced dysbiosis create a self-sustaining cycle of intestinal barrier dysfunction, microbial translocation and macrophage activation? https:\/\/wmcresearch.substack.com\/p\/the-gutmacrophage-feedback-loop-could<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips","category-vaccines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67402"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67404,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67402\/revisions\/67404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}