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Research review: Genetics of COVID-19 & ME/CFS

Posted on 10/11/2022 by wames

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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Research: Long COVID, ME/CFS & symptom severity in Germany

Posted on 08/31/2022 by wames

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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Hypothesis: ME/CFS as an immune & oxidative stress disorder

Posted on 10/28/2021 by wames

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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Hypothesis: mechanisms that prevent recovery in prolonged ICU patients also underlie ME/CFS

Posted on 03/15/2021 by wames

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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MCP-1 is increased in patients with CFS & FM, whilst several other immune markers are significantly lower than healthy controls

Posted on 04/20/2020 by wames

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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Inflammatory proteins are altered in CFS

Posted on 09/11/2019 by wames

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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Pathological mechanisms underlying ME/CFS

Posted on 07/19/2019 by wames

Pathological mechanisms underlying Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Daniel Missailidis, Sarah Annesley, Paul Fisher in Preprints  [Published  online: 16 July 2019] doi: 10.20944/preprints201907.0196.v1   Review abstract The underlying molecular basis of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is not well understood. … Continue reading →

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Autonomic & inflammatory changes in FM & ME/CFS & the contribution to signs ans symptoms

Posted on 07/15/2019 by wames

Autonomic and inflammatory changes in FM and ME/CFS and the contribution to signs ans symptoms, by Kristy Themelis, Robyn Stocks, Patrick Tano, Zdenka Cipinova, Lorraine Shah-Goodwin, Andrew Barritt, Hugo Critchley, Kevin Davies, Jessica Eccles in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases … Continue reading →

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The clinical value of cytokines in CFS

Posted on 07/11/2019 by wames

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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Myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome: how could the illness develop?

Posted on 02/19/2019 by wames

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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