[h=1]Biomarker Research Advances in 'Chronic Fatigue Syndrome'[/h] Miriam E. Tucker
November 08, 2016
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL ? New research adds to growing evidence that the illness commonly known as chronic fatigue syndrome is biologically based, researchers report here at the International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (IACFSME) research and clinical conference. Some of the abnormalities identified suggest potential clinical diagnostic tests and targeted treatments.
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Jose Montoya, MD, professor of medicine at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, presented findings from the largest such study to date, involving 192 patients with ME/CFS diagnosed by published criteria and 392 healthy but sedentary control patients. He found significant elevations in serum of patients compared with serum of control patients for 17 specific cytokines, 13 of them pro-inflammatory, that correlated with symptom severity among the patients (P values for linear trend ranged from 0.0062 to 0.0366)...
