Study Supports Cytokine Involvement in CFS

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New study casts doubt over ME virus link

New study casts doubt over ME virus link

Recent Comments About XMRV by Stephen Goff, PhD from Columbia University.

Date: February 21, 2010.

The mystery surrounding a retrovirus recently implicated in prostate cancer and possibly chronic fatigue syndrome is beginning to yield clues......Watch an interview of Stephen Goff, PhD from Columbia University about XMRV. In it he says,

The study of XMRV is still in its infancy. Preliminary studies suggest the virus first initially appeared in the mouse --- at least at some point. Currently, there is debate on the percentage of human blood samples the virus has been found in....The mystery surrounding a retrovirus recently implicated in prostate cancer and possibly chronic fatigue syndrome is beginning to yield clues.

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CiteULike: Absence of xenotropic murine leukaemia virus-related virus in UK patients with chronic fatigue syndrome

CiteULike: Absence of xenotropic murine leukaemia virus-related virus in UK patients with chronic fatigue syndrome: "Groom, H., Boucherit, V., Makinson, K., Randal, E., Baptista, S., Hagan, S., Gow, J., Mattes, F., Breuer, J., Kerr, J., Stoye, J., and Bishop, K. (2010). Absence of xenotropic murine leukaemia virus-related virus in uk patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. Retrovirology, 7(1):10+."

CiteULike: Ammonia metabolism, the brain and fatigue; revisiting the link.

CiteULike: Ammonia metabolism, the brain and fatigue; revisiting the link.: "Wilkinson, D. J., Smeeton, N. J., and Watt, P. W. (2010). Ammonia metabolism, the brain and fatigue; revisiting the link. Progress in neurobiology."

CiteULike: LPS-induced IL-10 production in whole blood cultures from chronic fatigue syndrome patients is increased but supersensitive to inhibition by dexamethasone

CiteULike: LPS-induced IL-10 production in whole blood cultures from chronic fatigue syndrome patients is increased but supersensitive to inhibition by dexamethasone: "Visserab, J., Graffelman, W., Blauw, B., Haspels, I., Lentjes, E., Ronald, and Nagelkerken, L. (2001). Lps-induced il-10 production in whole blood cultures from chronic fatigue syndrome patients is increased but supersensitive to inhibition by dexamethasone. Journal of Neuroimmunology, 119(2):343-349."

Defeatism is undermining evidence that chronic fatigue syndrome can be treated

Defeatism is undermining evidence that chronic fatigue syndrome can be treated