{"id":4541,"date":"2026-08-21T18:27:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T18:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pge2-hypothesis.com\/?page_id=4541"},"modified":"2026-08-22T19:29:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T19:29:27","slug":"%e2%86%92-from-acute-inflammation-to-chronic-disease","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pge2-hypothesis.com\/?page_id=4541","title":{"rendered":"\u2192 From acute inflammation to chronic disease"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4541\" class=\"elementor elementor-4541\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17cd7dc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"17cd7dc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19052fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"19052fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><br \/>From acute inflammation to chronic disease<\/h3><p>Acute infection \/ other trigger<br \/>\u2193<br \/>Immune activation<br \/>\u2193<br \/>\u2191 PGE2<br \/>\u2193<br \/>EP-receptor adaptation + altered endocrine\/immune signaling<br \/>\u2193<br \/>Persistent PGE2 activity<br \/>\u2193<br \/>Homeostatic and immune dysregulation<br \/>\u2193<br \/>Chronic post-infectious symptoms<\/p><p>This framework proposes that PGE2 may act as a mechanistic bridge between the initial trigger and the persistence of disease, rather than being merely a downstream marker of inflammation.<\/p><p>It may help connect apparently different mechanisms reported in Long COVID and related syndromes, including autoimmunity, GPCR autoantibodies, autonomic dysfunction, mitochondrial dysfunction, endothelial dysfunction and persistent inflammation.<\/p><p>one upstream mechanism could manifest through many apparently 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