Tag Archives: Carmen Scheibenbogen
Research: Muscle sodium overload in patients with ME/CFS
Muscle sodium content in patients with ME/CFS A German team of researchers used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to measure levels of sodium in the tissues of the legs of people with ME/CFS and healthy people. Too much sodium can … Continue reading
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
Research: Endothelial cell function in Post-COVID-19 patients, with & without ME/CFS
Serum of Post-COVID-19 Syndrome patients with or without ME/CFS differentially affects endothelial cell function in vitro The endothelium is a thin membrane that lines the inside of the heart and blood vessels. Endothelial cells release substances that control vascular … Continue reading
Research review: Unknown aetiology: The case of ME/CFS and beyond
Current insights into complex Post-infection Fatigue Syndromes with unknown Aetiology: The case of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and beyond, by Francisco Westermeier, Eliana Mattos Lacerda, Carmen Scheibenbogen and Nuno Sepúlveda in Front. Med., 24 February 2022 [doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.862953] Excerpts from … Continue reading
Research review: The gut microbiome in ME/CFS
The gut microbiome in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), by Rahel S König, Werner C Albrich, Christian R Kahlert, Lina Samira Bahr, Ulrike Löber, Pietro Vernazza, Carmen Scheibenbogen, Sofia K Forslund in Front Immunol 2022 Jan 3;12:628741 [doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.628741] … Continue reading
Hypothesis: An attempt to explain the neurological symptoms of ME/CFS
An attempt to explain the neurological symptoms of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Klaus J Wirth, Carmen Scheibenbogen & Friedemann Paul in Journal of Translational Medicine volume 19, no: 471 (2021) Review abstract There is accumulating evidence of endothelial … Continue reading
Diagnostic test research: Autoantibodies & receptors correlate with symptom severity, autonomic dysfunction & disability in ME/CFS
Autoantibodies to vasoregulative G-Protein-Coupled receptors correlate with symptom severity, autonomic dysfunction and disability in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Helma Freitag, Marvin Szklarski, Sebastian Lorenz, Franziska Sotzny, Sandra Bauer, Aurélie Philippe, Claudia Kedor, Patricia Grabowski, Tanja Lange, Gabriela Riemekasten, Harald … Continue reading
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
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
