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

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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

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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

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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

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Insights into ME/CFS phenotypes through comprehensive metabolomics

Research abstract: Insights into myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome phenotypes through comprehensive metabolomics, by Dorottya Nagy-Szakal, Dinesh K. Barupal, Bohyun Lee, Xiaoyu Che, Brent L. Williams, Ellie J. R. Kahn, Joy E. Ukaigwe, Lucinda Bateman, Nancy G. Klimas, Anthony L. Komaroff, … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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