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Research review: Genetics of COVID-19 & ME/CFS
Genetics of COVID-19 and ME/CFS: a systematic review Greek researchers found 71 studies for COVID-19 and 26 studies for ME/CFS that looked at genes. They concluded: “In spite of the fact that COVID-19 and ME/CFS present with some similar … Continue reading
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Tagged Christos Cholevas, genetic research, immune dysfunction, inflammation, Ioannis Stefanidis, Maria Tziastoudi, Theoharis C Theoharides
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Research: Long COVID, ME/CFS & symptom severity in Germany
Post-COVID-19 chronic fatigue syndrome following the first pandemic wave in Germany and biomarkers associated with symptom severity German researchers compared ME/CFS and long COVID patients and found even mild C-19 can lead to PEM. Almost half of the LC … Continue reading
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Tagged Canadian Consensus Criteria, Carmen Scheibenbogen, COVID-19, hypoperfusion, inflammation, long Covid, maximal handgrip strength, prospective observational cohort study
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Hypothesis: ME/CFS as an immune & oxidative stress disorder
The reification of the clinical diagnosis of myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) as an immune and oxidative stress disorder: construction of a data-driven nomothethic network and exposure of ME/CFS subgroups, by Michael Maes, Marta Kubera, Kristina Stoyanova, Jean-Claude … Continue reading
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Tagged bacterial translocation, depression, inflammation, Jean-Claude Leunis, Kristina Stoyanova, Marta Kubera, Michael Maes, Oxidative and nitrosative stress
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Hypothesis: mechanisms that prevent recovery in prolonged ICU patients also underlie ME/CFS
Hypothesis: mechanisms that prevent recovery in prolonged ICU patients also underlie Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), by Dominic Stanculescu, Lars Larsson and Jonas Bergquist in Frontiers in Medicine (2021) 8(41) [doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.628029] (This article is part of the research topic: … Continue reading
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Tagged Dominic Stanculescu, ICU, inflammation, Intensive Care Unit, Lars Larsson, oxidative stress, PIFS, post-infectious fatigue syndrome, Prof Jonas Bergquist, thyroid
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MCP-1 is increased in patients with CFS & FM, whilst several other immune markers are significantly lower than healthy controls
MCP-1 is increased in patients with CFS and FM, whilst several other immune markers are significantly lower than healthy controls, by Nina Groven, Egil Andreas Fors, Astrid Kamilla Stunes, Solveig Klæbo Reitan in Brain, Behavior, & Immunity – Health Vol … Continue reading
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Tagged Astrid Kamilla Stunes, CCL2, chemokines, cytokines, Egil Andreas Fors, IL-10, IL-1β, Il-4, IL-6, IL17, inflammation, interferon gamma, interleukins, MCP-1, Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein, Nina Groven, Solveig Klæbo Reitan, TGF-β1, TGF-β2, TGF-β3, TNF-α
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Inflammatory proteins are altered in CFS
Inflammatory proteins are altered in chronic fatigue syndrome – a systematic review and meta-analysis, by Rebecca Strawbridge, Maria-Laura Sartor, Fraser Scott, Anthony J Cleare in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, August 26, 2019 [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.08.011] Highlights: 42 studies meta-analysed, testing 20 … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony J. Cleare, Fraser Scott, inflammation, inflammatory cytokines, inflammatory proteins, Maria-Laura Sartor, Rebecca Strawbridge
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The clinical value of cytokines in CFS
The clinical value of cytokines in chronic fatigue syndrome, by Tiansong Yang, Yan Yang, Delong Wang, Chaoran Li, Yuanyuan Qu, Jing Guo, Tianyu Shi, Wang Bo, Zhongren Sun and Tetsuya Asakawa in Journal of Translational Medicine 2019 17:213 [Published: 28 … Continue reading
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Tagged Chaoran Li, cytokines, Delong Wang, immune modulation, inflammation, Jing Guo, Tetsuya Asakawa, Tiansong Yang, Tianyu Shi, Wang Bo, Yan Yang, Yuanyuan Qu, Zhongren Sun
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Myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome: how could the illness develop?
Myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome: how could the illness develop?, by Gerwyn Morris, Michael Maes, Michael Berk, Basant K. Puri in Metabolic Brain Disease pp 1–31 [Online: 13 February Review article abstract: A model of the development and progression of chronic fatigue syndrome (myalgic encephalomyelitis), … Continue reading
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Tagged Dr Basant K Puri, endotoxin tolerance, Gerwyn Morris, inflammation, Michael Maes, mitochondria, Oxidative and nitrosative stress, Prof Michael Berk
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