ME/CFS Evidence Browser — Classified Studies on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

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Value-added reporting of antinuclear antibody testing by automated indirect immunofluorescence analysis.

Schouwers, Sofie, Bonnet, Myriam, Verschueren, Patrick et al.·Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine·2014

This study tested a new automated machine system that measures antinuclear antibodies (ANA)—proteins the immune system sometimes makes that can indicate autoimmune diseases. Researchers found that the machine's measurement of fluorescence brightness (how bright the antibody signals are) correlates with disease likelihood: brighter signals were more likely to indicate rheumatic diseases like lupus or Sjögren's syndrome. This automated brightness measurement could help doctors better interpret ANA test results.

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Value-added reporting of antinuclear antibody testing by automated indirect immunofluorescence analysis.

Evidence for the existence of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) with and without abdominal discomfort (irritable bowel) syndrome.

Altered functional B cell subset populations in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome compared to healthy controls.

In myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, increased autoimmune activity against 5-HT is associated with immuno-inflammatory pathways and bacterial translocation.

Early-life hygiene-related factors affect risk of central nervous system demyelination and asthma differentially.

Epitopes of microbial and human heat shock protein 60 and their recognition in myalgic encephalomyelitis.

Daily cytokine fluctuations, driven by leptin, are associated with fatigue severity in chronic fatigue syndrome: evidence of inflammatory pathology.

A comparison of sex-specific immune signatures in Gulf War illness and chronic fatigue syndrome.

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

Human endogenous retrovirus-K18 superantigen expression and human herpesvirus-6 and human herpesvirus-7 viral loads in chronic fatigue patients.

Detection of antinuclear antibodies by automated indirect immunofluorescence analysis.

A case-control study on the association between rheumatoid arthritis and bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis.

Differing leukocyte gene expression profiles associated with fatigue in patients with prostate cancer versus chronic fatigue syndrome.

Activation of cell-mediated immunity in depression: association with inflammation, melancholia, clinical staging and the fatigue and somatic symptom cluster of depression.

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), and Chronic Fatigue (CF) are distinguished accurately: results of supervised learning techniques applied on clinical and inflammatory data.

Fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome in children.

Immunophenotyping in post-giardiasis functional gastrointestinal disease and chronic fatigue syndrome.

Response to valganciclovir in chronic fatigue syndrome patients with human herpesvirus 6 and Epstein-Barr virus IgG antibody titers.

Increased autoimmune activity against 5-HT: a key component of depression that is associated with inflammation and activation of cell-mediated immunity, and with severity and staging of depression.

No serological evidence for a role of HHV-6 infection in chronic fatigue syndrome.

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