Shed GP can trigger massive dysregulation of the immune response and affect the permeability of blood vessels. Ebola GP protein covers the virus' surface and is shed from infected cells during ...

In people with Ebola, this leakiness is also often deadly, causing severe blood pressure drops and shock. New therapies to fix the leakiness of blood vessels in patients suffering from life ...

Figure 3: Effects of Ebola virus GP expression in the vasculature ... in endothelial cells in vitro and in explanted blood vessels. There was also altered morphology and toxicity in an unrelated ...

How Does the Heart Work? As the heart beats, it pumps blood through a system of blood vessels called the circulatory system. The vessels are elastic tubes that carry blood to every part of the body.

MVD, which is frequently fatal and is related to the much better-known Ebola virus, is sometimes known as "bleeding eye disease" because it damages people's blood vessels, causing them to bleed ...