From the Theorell et al discussion thread, there is the finding that after the nk cells have been cultured, there's no alteration in cytotoxic capacity of the cells:
Unperturbed cytotoxic lymphocyte phenotype and function in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome patients
Jakob Theorell1*, Indre Bileviciute Ljungar2, 3, Bianca Tesi4, 5, Heinrich Schlums1, Mette S. Johnsgaard6, Babak Asadi Azarbaijani7, 8, Elin Bolle Strand7, 9 and Yenan T. Bryceson1, 10*
- Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
- Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
- Klinikk for Alle, Storo, Norway
- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Oslo University, Norway
- VID Specialized University, Norway
- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Oslo University, Norway
- Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Norway
Front. Immunol. | doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.00723
Received: 15 Dec 2016; Accepted: 08 Jun 2017.
I haven't vetted the following papers, but they're compiled from ME-pedia on NK cell function (
http://me-pedia.org/wiki/Natural_killer_cell#Ampligen) in the Notable Studies section:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5003121/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2586059/
https://www.omicsonline.org/open-ac...ptom-severity-2155-9899-1000348.php?aid=59415
You could also potentially point to the Naviaux paper about metabolic abnormalities: (
http://www.pnas.org/content/113/37/E5472.full)
Sorry for the lack of proper hyperlinks, I'm in a rush on something else today. Hope these help.