tetano
Editor, Senior Moderator
Trends Mol Med
. 2021 Jun 7;S1471-4914(21)00134-9.
doi: 10.1016/j.molmed.2021.06.002. Online ahead of print.
Insights from myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome may help unravel the pathogenesis of postacute COVID-19 syndrome
Anthony L Komaroff[SUP] 1 [/SUP], W Ian Lipkin[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can cause chronic and acute disease. Postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC) include injury to the lungs, heart, kidneys, and brain that may produce a variety of symptoms. PASC also includes a post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) syndrome ('long COVID') with features that can follow other acute infectious diseases and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Here we summarize what is known about the pathogenesis of ME/CFS and of 'acute' COVID-19, and we speculate that the pathogenesis of post-COVID-19 syndrome in some people may be similar to that of ME/CFS. We propose molecular mechanisms that might explain the fatigue and related symptoms in both illnesses, and we suggest a research agenda for both ME/CFS and post-COVID-19 syndrome.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; long COVID; myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome; postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2; post–COVID-19 syndrome.
. 2021 Jun 7;S1471-4914(21)00134-9.
doi: 10.1016/j.molmed.2021.06.002. Online ahead of print.
Insights from myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome may help unravel the pathogenesis of postacute COVID-19 syndrome
Anthony L Komaroff[SUP] 1 [/SUP], W Ian Lipkin[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 34175230
- DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2021.06.002
Abstract
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can cause chronic and acute disease. Postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC) include injury to the lungs, heart, kidneys, and brain that may produce a variety of symptoms. PASC also includes a post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) syndrome ('long COVID') with features that can follow other acute infectious diseases and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Here we summarize what is known about the pathogenesis of ME/CFS and of 'acute' COVID-19, and we speculate that the pathogenesis of post-COVID-19 syndrome in some people may be similar to that of ME/CFS. We propose molecular mechanisms that might explain the fatigue and related symptoms in both illnesses, and we suggest a research agenda for both ME/CFS and post-COVID-19 syndrome.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; long COVID; myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome; postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2; post–COVID-19 syndrome.