Tag Archives: Prof Ian Lipkin
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
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
The other MEGA ME/CFS project
Simmaron research blog post, by Cort Johnson, 29 June 2016: The Other MEGA Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Project: Dr. Hornig Talks Three MEGA chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) projects (The OMF’s Severe ME/CFS Big Data project, NIH’s Clinical Center Study, The UK’s Grand … Continue reading
The Microbe Discovery Project
The Microbe Discovery Project makes a plea for donations. It is a patient-led initiative supporting Dr. Ian Lipkin & Dr. Mady Hornig’s ME/CFS research at the Columbia University Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, New York. “ME/CFS … Continue reading
Immune activation in the central nervous system of ME/CFS found by cytokine network analysis of cerebrospinal fluid
Research abstract: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome is an unexplained debilitating disorder that is frequently associated with cognitive and motor dysfunction. We analyzed cerebrospinal fluid from 32 cases, 40 subjects with multiple sclerosis and 19 normal subjects frequency-matched for age and … Continue reading
Increased risk of CFS/ME following influenza in Norway
Research abstract: BACKGROUND: Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) is associated to infections and it has been suggested that vaccination can trigger the disease. However, little is known about the specific association between clinically manifest influenza/influenza vaccine and CFS/ME. As part of … Continue reading
Central nervous system clues found for cognitive dysfunction in CFS
Research abstract: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome is an unexplained debilitating disorder that is frequently associated with cognitive and motor dysfunction. We analyzed cerebrospinal fluid from 32 cases, 40 subjects with multiple sclerosis and 19 normal subjects frequency-matched for age and … Continue reading
