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A gene signature for post-infectious CFS
Saturday 27 June 2009
A gene signature for post-infectious chronic fatigue syndrome
The ME Association is delighted to announce that a provisional abstract and paper on research into gene expression, funded by our Ramsay Research Fund, has today been published by BMC Medical Genomics.
A provisional abstract of the key findings from the research carried out by Professor John Gow and colleagues, along with a link to a provisional pdf of the complete article, can be found here:
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1755-8794/2/38
The study found that patients and healthy controls differed significantly in the level of expression of 366 genes - especially in relation to functional implications involving immune modulation, oxidative stress and apoptosis (a form of cell death in which a programmed sequence of events leads to elimination of cells without releasing harmful substances into the surrounding area).
The authors conclude:
Differential expression of key genes identified in this study offer an insight into the possible mechanism of chronic fatigue following infection. The representative biomarkers identified in this research appear promising as potential biomarkers for differential diagnosis and treatment.
THE MEA RAMSAY RESEARCH FUND (RRF)
The MEA Ramsay Research Fund is the ring-fenced research fund operated by the ME Association. It is currently funding new research into muscle abnormalities and raising funds to set up a post-mortem and tissue bank for ME research. More information on the work of the RRF, including details of past and present research funding, can be found on the research section of the MEA website at:
http://www.meassociation.org.uk/content/blogcategory/21/145/.
Donations to the RRF can be made through Ed Stafford's Amazon walk fundraising initiative at http://www.walkingtheamazon.com or via the MEA website.
The full article originally appeared here.
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