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Scientists: Protein IL-17 fights infection, acts on the brain, inducing anxiety

(medicalxpress.com)
112 points wglb | 3 comments | 14 Apr 25 15:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.401s | source
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idontwantthis ◴[14 Apr 25 16:26 UTC] No.43683040[source]▶
Any idea if this protein has any relation with seratonin? Could the effect of SSRIs be related in any way?
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internet_rand0 ◴[14 Apr 25 17:16 UTC] No.43683632[source]▶
seratonin is a molecule

this is a protein[1]

this question strikes me as asking if a quark has a relation with an atom

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interleukin_17

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1. nartho ◴[14 Apr 25 17:34 UTC] No.43683893[source]▶
A protein is a molecule What a strange reply
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3. jiggawatts ◴[14 Apr 25 21:41 UTC] No.43686629[source]▶
“Chemistry literacy” is very poor in the general public because it has very few everyday applications, so everything learnt at school just drops out of people’s brains.

That’s why your hear nonsense like “It has chemicals in it!!!”

It’s also why you regularly see science fiction where characters can grow in seconds, totally breaking the law of conservation of matter.