Tag Archives: Eliana M Lacerda

Research: Epstein-Barr Virus in ME/CFS

Revisiting IgG antibody reactivity to Epstein-Barr Virus in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and its potential application to disease diagnosis Key research findings: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection is commonly reported at the onset of ME/CFS, but could antibodies against EBV … Continue reading

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Research: The SARS-CoV-2 receptor ACE2 in ME/CFS

The SARS-CoV-2 receptor angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) in  Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: a meta-analysis of public DNA methylation and gene expression data, by João Malato, Franziska Sotzny, Sandra Bauer, Helma Freitag, André Fonseca, Anna D Grabowska, Luís Graça, Clara Cordeiro, … Continue reading

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Research: Herpesviruses serology distinguishes different subgroups of ME/CFS patients

Herpesviruses serology distinguishes different subgroups of patients from the United Kingdom Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Biobank, by Tiago Dias Domingues, Anna D Grabowska, Ji-Sook Lee, Jose Ameijeiras-Alonso, Francisco Westermeier, Carmen Scheibenbogen, Jacqueline M Cliff, Luis Nacul, Eliana M Lacerda, Helena … Continue reading

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How ME/CFS progresses: the natural history of ME/CFS

How Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) progresses: the natural history of ME/CFS, by Luis Nacul,  Shennae O’Boyle,  Luigi Palla,  Flavio E Nacul,  Kathleen Mudie,  Caroline C Kingdon,  Jacqueline M Cliff,  Taane G Clark,  Hazel M Dockrell and  Eliana M Lacerda … Continue reading

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Review of the quality control checks performed by current genome-wide & targeted-genome association studies on ME/CFS

Review of the quality control checks performed by current genome-wide and targeted-genome association studies on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Nuno Sepulveda, Anna D Grabowska, Eliana M Lacerda, Luis C Nacul in Frontiers in Pediatrics. May 7, 2020 [doi: 10.3389/fped.2020.00293 … Continue reading

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Circulating levels of GDF15 in patients with ME/CFS

Circulating levels of GDF15 in patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, by A Melvin, E Lacerda, H M Dockrell, S O’Rahilly & L Nacul in Journal of Translational Medicine vol 17, no. 409 (2019)   Research abstract: Background: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a … Continue reading

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ME/CFS as a hyper-regulated immune system driven by an interplay between regulatory T cells & chronic human herpesvirus infections

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome as a hyper-regulated immune system driven by an interplay between regulatory T cells and chronic human herpesvirus infections, by Nuno Sepúlveda,  Jorge Carneiro,  Eliana M Lacerda and  Luis C Nacul in Front. Immunol. 21 Nov 2019 … Continue reading

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A logistic regression analysis of risk factors in ME/CFS pathogenesis

A logistic regression analysis of risk factors in ME/CFS pathogenesis, by Eliana M Lacerda, Keith Geraghty, Caroline C Kingdon, Luigi Palla & Luis Nacul in BMC Neurology vol 19, no: 275 (2019)   Research abstract: Background: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome … Continue reading

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HERV-K & HERV-W transcriptional activity in ME/CFS

HERV-K and HERV-W transcriptional activity in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Lucas S Rodrigues, Luiz H da Silva Nali, Cibele O D Leal, Ester C Sabino, Eliana M Lacerda, Caroline C Kingdon, Luis Nacul, Camila M Romano in BioRxiv, July … Continue reading

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Evidence of clinical pathology abnormalities in people with ME/CFS…

Evidence of clinical pathology abnormalities in people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) from an analytic cross-sectional study, by Luis Nacul, Barbara de Barros, Caroline C Kingdon, Jacqueline M Cliff, Taane G Clark, Kathleen Mudie, Hazel M Dockrell, Eliana … Continue reading

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