Research: Muscle sodium overload in patients with ME/CFS
Muscle sodium content in patients with ME/CFS A German team of researchers used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to measure levels of sodium in the tissues of the legs of…
Research: Long COVID, ME/CFS & symptom severity in Germany
Post-COVID-19 chronic fatigue syndrome following the first pandemic wave in Germany and biomarkers associated with symptom severity German researchers compared ME/CFS and long COVID patients and found even mild…
Research: Endothelial cell function in Post-COVID-19 patients, with & without ME/CFS
Serum of Post-COVID-19 Syndrome patients with or without ME/CFS differentially affects endothelial cell function in vitro The endothelium is a thin membrane that lines the inside of the heart…
Research: Epstein-Barr Virus in ME/CFS
Revisiting IgG antibody reactivity to Epstein-Barr Virus in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and its potential application to disease diagnosis Key research findings: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection is commonly reported…
Research review: Unknown aetiology: The case of ME/CFS and beyond
Current insights into complex Post-infection Fatigue Syndromes with unknown Aetiology: The case of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and beyond, by Francisco Westermeier, Eliana Mattos Lacerda, Carmen Scheibenbogen and Nuno Sepúlveda…
Research review: The gut microbiome in ME/CFS
The gut microbiome in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), by Rahel S König, Werner C Albrich, Christian R Kahlert, Lina Samira Bahr, Ulrike Löber, Pietro Vernazza, Carmen Scheibenbogen, Sofia…
Hypothesis: An attempt to explain the neurological symptoms of ME/CFS
An attempt to explain the neurological symptoms of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Klaus J Wirth, Carmen Scheibenbogen & Friedemann Paul in Journal of Translational Medicine volume 19, no: 471…
Diagnostic test research: Autoantibodies & receptors correlate with symptom severity, autonomic dysfunction & disability in ME/CFS
Autoantibodies to vasoregulative G-Protein-Coupled receptors correlate with symptom severity, autonomic dysfunction and disability in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Helma Freitag, Marvin Szklarski, Sebastian Lorenz, Franziska Sotzny, Sandra Bauer, Aurélie…
Research: The SARS-CoV-2 receptor ACE2 in ME/CFS
The SARS-CoV-2 receptor angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: a meta-analysis of public DNA methylation and gene expression data, by João Malato, Franziska Sotzny, Sandra Bauer, Helma…
Research: Herpesviruses serology distinguishes different subgroups of ME/CFS patients
Herpesviruses serology distinguishes different subgroups of patients from the United Kingdom Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Biobank, by Tiago Dias Domingues, Anna D Grabowska, Ji-Sook Lee, Jose Ameijeiras-Alonso, Francisco Westermeier, Carmen…