Tag Archives: endothelial dysfunction

Research review: Heart & blood dysfunction in ME/CFS

Cardiovascular and haematological pathology in ME/CFS: a role for viruses   “The circulatory system (also called the cardiovascular system) is the body system that moves blood around the body. It consists of the heart and blood vessels. The blood carries … Continue reading

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Research: Endothelial dysfunction in ME/CFS

Endothelial dysfunction and vascular homestasis in ME/CFS   A sub-study of the RituxME trial by Norwegian researchers found a problem in the blood vessels on the heart in a group of people with ME/CFS. Treatment with Rituximab caused a slight … Continue reading

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Perspective: Drawing on findings from critical illness to explain ME/CFS

Perspective: Drawing on findings from critical illness to explain Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Dominic Stanculescu and  Jonas Bergquist in Front. Med., 08 March 2022 [doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.818728]   Abstract: We propose an initial explanation for how myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue … Continue reading

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Research: Decreased NO production in endothelial cells… from ME/CFS patients

Decreased NO production in endothelial cells exposed to plasma from ME/CFS patients, by R Bertinat, RVillalobos-Labra, L Hofmann, J Blauensteiner, N Sepúlveda, F Westermeir in Vascular Pharmacology 2022, 106953 [doi.org/10.1016/j.vph.2022.106953]   Highlights ME/CFS-plasma reduced the ability of ECs to produce NO. … Continue reading

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Case report: angina simultaneously diagnosed with the recurrence of ME/CFS

Angina simultaneously diagnosed with the recurrence of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Koki Li, Yuki Otsuka, Yasuhiro Nakano, Daisuke Omura, Kou Hasegawa, Mikako Obika, Keigo Ueda, Hitomi Kataoka and Fumio Otsuka in Diagnostics Vol 11 no. 3 [10.3390/diagnostics11030460] 6 … Continue reading

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New study shows reduced ability to regulation of the cardiovascular system in patients with ME/CFS

Kavli Trust blog post on research into ME / CFS at Haukeland University: New study shows reduced ability to regulate the cardiovascular system in patients with ME / CFS, March 26, 2021     [Google translation of a Norwegian article]   … Continue reading

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Peripheral endothelial dysfunction in ME/CFS

Peripheral endothelial dysfunction in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, by Nadja Scherbakov, Marvin Szklarski, Jelka Hartwig, Franziska Sotzny, Sebastian Lorenz, Antje Meyer, Patricia Grabowski, Wolfram Doehner, Carmen Scheibenbogen in ESC Heart Failure, 10 March 2020  [https://doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.12633]   Research abstract: Aims: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a complex … Continue reading

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Rituximab interviews

Two Norwegian scientists, Øystein Fluge and Olav Mella, who have been researching the effects of an anti-lymphoma drug called Rituximab on people with ME/CFS, talked about their work on the BBC Radio Cambridgeshire programme ‘Naked Scientists’ on Sunday, 22 March. … Continue reading

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