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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Infectious Disorders - Drug Targets</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Infectious Disorders - Drug Targets</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Infectious Disorders - Drug Targets</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">1871-5265</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2212-3989</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Bentham Science</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">645750</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.2174/0118715265304515240220105152</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading"><subject>Medicine</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">The Intriguing Connection between Cholestasis and the Renin-Angiotensin System Dysregulation Induced by SARS-CoV-2 and/or the Vaccinal Spike Protein</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Fajloun</surname><given-names>Ziad</given-names></name><email>info@benthamscience.net</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Khattar</surname><given-names>Ziad</given-names></name><email>info@benthamscience.net</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Sabatier</surname><given-names>Jean-Marc</given-names></name><email>info@benthamscience.net</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff id="aff1"><institution>epartment of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Lebanese University</institution></aff><aff id="aff2"><institution>Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of Balamand</institution></aff><aff id="aff3"><institution>INP, Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, INP, Inst Neurophysiopathol</institution></aff><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2024-07-01" publication-format="electronic"><day>01</day><month>07</month><year>2024</year></pub-date><volume>24</volume><issue>7</issue><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-01-11"><day>11</day><month>01</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2024, Bentham Science Publishers</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2024</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Bentham Science Publishers</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.eco-vector.com/1871-5265/article/view/645750">https://journals.eco-vector.com/1871-5265/article/view/645750</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p/></abstract></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Poupon R. 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