Tag Archives: Prof Anthony Komaroff
Research: Different risk factors distinguish ME/CFS from severe fatigue
Severe Fatigue is not the same as ME/CFS US researchers led by Prof Komaroff found that severe fatigue was much more common than ME/CFS in a large group of nurses and the triggers were different. There was an increased … Continue reading
Research: Gut dysfunction found in ME/CFS
Gut bacteria could have answers for ME/CFS Two separate US studies have found significant differences in the gut microbiomes of people with ME/CFS compared to healthy people, although it was not possible to tell if they were a cause … Continue reading
Diagnostic test research: Orthostatic challenge causes the same responses in Long COVID & ME/CFS
Orthostatic challenge causes distinctive symptomatic, hemodynamic and cognitive responses in Long COVID and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Suzanne D Vernon, Sherlyn Funk, Lucinda Bateman, Gregory J Stoddard, Sarah Hammer, Karen Sullivan, Jennifer Bell, Saeed Abbaszadeh, W Ian Lipkin, Anthony … Continue reading
Research review: Redox imbalance links COVID-19 & ME/CFS
Redox imbalance links COVID-19 and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, by Bindu D Paul, Marian D Lemle, Anthony L Komaroff, Solomon H Snyder in PNAS August 24, 2021 118 (34); [doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2024358118] Review abstract: Although most patients recover from acute COVID-19, … Continue reading
Viewpoint: ME/CFS: when suffering is multiplied
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: when suffering is multiplied, by Anthony L Komaroff in Healthcare 2021, 9(7), 919 [doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9070919] 20 July 2021 (This article belongs to the Special Issue ME/CFS – the Severely and Very Severely Affected) Article abstract: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue … Continue reading
Insights from ME/CFS may help unravel the pathogenesis of post-acute COVID-19 syndrome
Insights from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome may help unravel the pathogenesis of post-acute COVID-19 syndrome, by Anthony L Komaroff, W Ian Lipkin in Trends in Molecular Medicine, 7 June 2021 [doi.org/10.1016/j.molmed.2021.06.002] Highlights: In some people, the aftermath of acute … Continue reading
Plasma proteomic profiling suggests an association between antigen driven clonal B cell expansion & ME/CFS
Plasma proteomic profiling suggests an association between antigen driven clonal B cell expansion and ME/CFS, by Milica Milivojevic, Xiaoyu Che, Lucinda Bateman, Aaron Cheng, Benjamin A Garcia, Mady Hornig, Manuel Huber, Nancy G Klimas,Bohyun Lee, Hyoungjoo Lee, Susan Levine, Jose G … Continue reading
Advances in understanding the pathophysiology of CFS
Advances in understanding the pathophysiology of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Anthony L Komaroff in JAMA [Preprint July 5, 2019] Viewpoint extracts: When does an illness become a disease? When the underlying biological abnormalities that cause the symptoms and signs of the … Continue reading
