Tag Archives: peripheral blood mononuclear cells
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
miRNA profiling of circulating EVs in ME/CFS
miRNA profiling of circulating EVs in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) by Eloy Almenar-Pérez, Lubov Nathanson, Teresa Sánchez-Fito, Leonor Sarria, Germán Cerdá-Olmedo, Elisa Oltra in Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, suppl. Supplement 1; Abingdon Vol. 7, (2018): 139. Research abstract: Background: … Continue reading
Cellular bioenergetics is impaired in patients with CFS
Research abstract: Cellular bioenergetics is impaired in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome, by Cara Tomas, Audrey Brown, Victoria Strassheim, Joanna Elson, Julia Newton, Philip Manning in PLOSone [Published: October 24, 2017] Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a highly debilitating disease of … Continue reading
MEA to fund new research into biomarkers and markers of disease activity in people with severe ME/CFS
ME Association announcement, 20 December 2016: MEA to fund new research into biomarkers and markers of disease activity in people with severe ME/CFS We are pleased to announce that – following the normal rigorous peer review procedures – the MEA Ramsay … Continue reading
Mast cell dysfunction in ME/CFS
Research abstract: BACKGROUND: Mast cells (MCs) mediate inflammation through neuropeptides and cytokines, along with histamine and reactive oxygen species (ROS). Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) is an illness characterized by an unexplained disabling fatigue with multiple physiological impairments as well as … Continue reading
