Review article is provisionally accepted and full text will be published soon
Neuroinflammation and cytokines in ME/CFS: A critical review of research methods
We argue that the vast majority of ME/CFS neuroimaging has failed to use optimal techniques for studying brainstem, despite its...
Source: Solve ME/CFS Initiative
Date: December 13, 2018
Time: 18:00-19:00 UTC
URL: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1541028613190392835
ME/CFS Involves Brain Inflammation: Results from a Ramsay Pilot Study
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Presented by...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-04376-5
Wonder if PWCFS/ME have a Nlrp3 inflammasome signature and IL-1β expression in brain and cerebrospinal fluid, similar to MS
Microglia, the mononuclear phagocytes of the central nervous system (CNS), are important for the maintenance of CNS...
Corticosterone and pyridostigmine/DEET exposure attenuate peripheral cytokine expression: supporting a dominant role for neuroinflammation in a mouse model of Gulf War Illness (2018) Michalovicz et al.
(Drs Klimas, Fletcher are part of the authors)
(I could not fit the whole title with the year...
Significance
Inflammatory processes drive the autoimmune disease multiple sclerosis (MS).
However, what triggers this inflammation re- mains unknown.
Several herpesviruses (HHVs), such as HHV-6 typically acquired during childhood, are associated with MS.
The temporal separation between...
Moderator note:
The subject of brain inflammation in ME arose in this thread about a Netflix series.
The discussion started with the following quote in post #32 from a doctor visiting a patient with ME shown in the film when explaining the word 'encephalomyelitis' in name ME may not be...
Put this in the biomed ME sub-forum as ME is one of the articles tags and one of the authors is De Meirleir.
Paywalled at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955286318301761?via%3Dihub
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5438153/Years-depression-linked-brain-inflammation.html
Not a new observation by any means but this is the first time I've seen measures of neuroinflammation quantified and correlated with duration.
Just wondering if anyone has seen these papers and has access to them. Stork delivered this to my inbox today and they look interesting. I keep waiting for a thread to pop up!
ETA: I've deleted the links in this original post as moderation received notice that they are broken. Abstracts of...
This interview was published on Oct 11, 2017. I haven't seen it posted elsewhere.
Haven't read it yet but it has a contents list!
Introduction
Leptin and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Neuroinflammation and Autoimmunity
Blood Tests for Pain and Fatigue
Gut Inflammation
Blood Pressure
Visual...
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