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Does anyone know what Transforming Growth Factor (or TGF-Beta1) results mean? What is normal? What is typical for us? Thanks!
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Does anyone know what Transforming Growth Factor (or TGF-Beta1) results mean? What is normal? What is typical for us? Thanks!
If you read other postings on this board you'll see that CFS/ME folks who have elevated TGF-Beta-1 also very often have elevated C4a, low melanocyte stimulating hormone (MSH) and low vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP). Dr. Ritchie Shoemaker has done the most work in this area; his theory is that people with these abnormalities are stuck in a chronic inflammatory response syndrome (CIRS) state.
Not everyone with CFS/ME has these abnormal biomarkers, but many of us do.