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  1. Pyrrhus

    Effect of [CoQ10 Plus NADH] on Fatigue Perception and Health-Related Quality of Life in Individuals with ME/CFS... (Castro-Marrero et al., 2021)

    Effect of Dietary Coenzyme Q10 Plus NADH Supplementation on Fatigue Perception and Health-Related Quality of Life in Individuals with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial (Castro-Marrero et al., 2021)...
  2. Pyrrhus

    Are Circulating Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 & N-Terminal Prohormone of Brain Natriuretic Peptide Promising Biomarkers in ME/CFS? (Domingo et al, 2021)

    A new paper looking at blood markers of oxidative stress and inflammation in ME: Are Circulating Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 and N-Terminal Prohormone of Brain Natriuretic Peptide Promising Novel Biomarkers in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? (Domingo et al., 2021)...
  3. Pyrrhus

    Unravelling ME/CFS: Gender‐specific changes in the microRNA expression profiling in ME/CFS (Cheema et al., 2020)

    I don't think this one has been posted yet: Unravelling ME/CFS: Gender‐specific changes in the microRNA expression profiling in ME/CFS (Cheema et al., 2020) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jcmm.15260 Excerpt: (spacing and emphasis added for readability)
  4. Pyrrhus

    Cytokine profiling of extracellular vesicles isolated from plasma in ME/CFS: a pilot study (Giloteaux et al., 2020)

    A new publication on extracellular vesicles (such as exosomes) in ME: https://translational-medicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12967-020-02560-0 Highlights: ME patients had more extracellular vesicles of size 30-130nm than healthy controls. The researchers only looked at cytokines in...
  5. Hufsamor

    Reduced heart rate variability predicts fatigue severity in individuals with cfs/me

    https://translational-medicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12967-019-02184-z?fbclid=IwAR2UNiowolEkexmFTsZ7TK8sNQRFpiH7muBmaLPKbWYAaZ-lJ8_zKAZHBNU Conclusions Our findings suggest that ANS dysfunction presenting as increased sympathetic hyperactivity may contribute to fatigue severity...
  6. Murph

    Unemployment and work disability in individuals with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis

    Unemployment and work disability in individuals with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis: a community-based cross-sectional study from Spain. Castro-Marrero J1, Faro M2, Zaragozá MC3,4, Aliste L3, de Sevilla TF3, Alegre J3. Author information Abstract BACKGROUND: Few reports...
  7. Murph

    Low omega-3 index and polyunsaturated fatty acid status in patients with CFS/ME

    Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids. 2018 Dec;139:20-24. doi: 10.1016/j.plefa.2018.11.006. Epub 2018 Nov 9. Low omega-3 index and polyunsaturated fatty acid status in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis. Castro-Marrero J1, Zaragozá MC2, Domingo JC3...
  8. Murph

    Circadian rhythm abnormalities and autonomic dysfunction in patients with CFS/ME

    PLoS One. 2018 Jun 6;13(6):e0198106. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198106. eCollection 2018. Circadian rhythm abnormalities and autonomic dysfunction in patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. Cambras T1, Castro-Marrero J2, Zaragoza MC2,3, Díez-Noguera A1, Alegre J2...
  9. nanonug

    Circulating extracellular vesicles as potential biomarkers in CFS/ME: an exploratory pilot study

    COMMENT: Wondering if these extracellular vesicles are that "something" that Ron Davis mentioned is different is the blood of people with SEID. Although the sample was small, the level of significance was pretty darn good. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/20013078.2018.1453730...
  10. A

    Treatment and management of CFS/ME: all roads lead to Rome

    Abstract - available here http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bph.13702/full Full paper here - http://sci-hub.cc/10.1111/bph.13702 ETA all below. Part of the full papers comments on PACE Spelling mistakes are from the paper, other than that seems quite an accurate summarisation of PACE.
  11. MikeJackmin

    Does oral Coenzyme Q10 plus NADH supplementation improve fatigue and biochemical parameters in [CFS]

    Does oral Coenzyme Q10 plus NADH supplementation improve fatigue and biochemical parameters in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? Antioxid Redox Signal. 2014 Nov 11. [Epub ahead of print] Castro-Marrero J1, Cordero MD, Segundo MJ, Saez-Francas N, Calvo N, Román-Malo L, Aliste L, Fernandez de Sevilla T...
  12. Ecoclimber

    Impact of the fibromyalgia in the chronic fatigue syndrome

    Med Clin (Barc). 2014 Jan 2. pii: S0025-7753(13)00741-0. doi: 10.1016/j.medcli.2013.06.030. [Epub ahead of print] [Impact of the fibromyalgia in the chronic fatigue syndrome.] [Article in Spanish] Faro M1, Sáez-Francàs N2, Castro-Marrero J2, Aliste L2, Collado A3, Alegre J2. Author information...
  13. MeSci

    Differentiating ME/CFS and FM re mitochondrial dysfunction

    I hope this isn't another duplication, but I can't find any threads in the latest ME/CFS research threads featuring the names of these researchers: Could mitochondrial dysfunction be a differentiating marker between Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia? Castro-Marrero J, Cordero MD...
  14. L

    Screening NK-, B- and T-cell phenotype and function in patients suffering from Chronic Fatigue Syndr

    I concluded decades ago something was wrong with Tcell function. Levamisole improves Tcell function.