Tag Archives: mitochondria

Research: Characteristics of immune cells of ME/CFS

Phenotypic characteristics of peripheral immune cells of Myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome via transmission electron microscopy: A pilot study from Stanford University   Research paper conclusion: In summary, only a handful of studies have been performed on the ultrastructural characteristics … Continue reading

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UK House of Commons Q&A-funding for research into mitochondria cells & ME/CFS?

UK House of Commons Written Questions and Answers:  Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Research   Asked by Hywel Williams MP (Arfon, Gwynedd) 26 November 2021 To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to fund … Continue reading

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Dysregulated provision of oxidisable substrates to the mitochondria in ME/CFS lymphoblasts

Dysregulated provision of oxidisable substrates to the mitochondria in ME/CFS lymphoblasts, by Daniel Missailidis, Oana Sanislav, Claire Y Allan, Paige K. Smith, Sarah J Annesley, and Paul R Fisher in Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2021, 22(4), 2046; 19 February 2021 … Continue reading

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Mitochondria & immunity in CFS

Mitochondria and Immunity in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by G Anderson, Michael Maes in Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2020 May 26 [DOI:10.1016/j.pnpbp.2020.109976]   Review abstract: It is widely accepted that the pathophysiology and treatment of myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) … Continue reading

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Cell-based blood biomarkers for ME/CFS

Cell-based blood biomarkers for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Daniel Missailidis, Oana Sanislav, Claire Y Allan, Sarah J Annesley, Paul R Fisher in Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2020, 21(3), 1142; [doi.org/10.3390/ijms21031142]   Research abstract: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) … Continue reading

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Pathological mechanisms underlying ME/CFS

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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Mitochondrial complex activity in permeabilised cells of CFS patients using two cell types

Mitochondrial complex activity in permeabilised cells of CFS patients using two cell types, by Cara Tomas, Audrey E Brown, Julia L Newton and Joanna L Elson in Peer Journal, 1 Mar 2019   Article abstract: Abnormalities in mitochondrial function have … Continue reading

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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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Exercise tests suggest autoimmunity causes the exertion problems in CFS, FM & POTS

Health rising blog post, by Cort Johnson, 16 August 2017: Exercise Tests Suggest Autoimmunity Causes the Exertion Problems in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia and POTS Researchers and doctors get interested in ME/CFS in different ways. Many have a personal connection, … Continue reading

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The Stanford Paradox: elevated energy production found in ME/CFS

Health rising blog post, by Cort Johnson, 18 April 2017: The Stanford Paradox: Elevated Energy Production Found in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)   Producing energy is a big problem in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). In fact it’s probably the problem in … Continue reading

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