SunMoonsStars
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Hi. I’m looking for a list of the cytokines that are out of wack in research and alto that docs look for and are seeing in ME / CFS.
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However, there is one cytokine that has shown consistent results in most studies, and that is TGF-beta, which 5 out of 8 studies found elevated in ME/CFS. Ref: 1
Most of the studies show inconsistent cytokine results in ME/CFS, with a given cytokine being high in one study, but normal or low in another.
However, there is one cytokine that has shown consistent results in most studies, and that is TGF-beta, which 5 out of 8 studies found elevated in ME/CFS. Ref: 1
This study looked at how cytokines and other blood factors change with day to day variations in fatigue levels. The only factor that correlated with the fatigue variations was leptin.
what's the best way to lower leptin? mine's high
hip, do you think that could be b/c cytokines are only elevated during a flare, and some could be elevated some of the time and other elevated some of the time and some never elevated in an individual? I wonder what researchers say about that possibility and how to test for it, ie, following a cohort over a year and intermittently testing..
High TGF-beta is also found in Dr Ritchie Shoemaker's CIRS (chronic inflammatory response syndrome), an illness triggered by mold or other biotoxins, and which has very similar symptoms to ME/CFS, but a different treatment.