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27 Sep, 8 tweets, 7 min read
Ian Lipkin, now: Lipkin is summarizing a number of different efforts associated with his research group. He is the first person at this conference that has mentioned how previous coronaviral outbreaks (SARS/MERS) have led to ME/CFS-like syndromes. (1/7) #LongCOVID #MEcfs #GWI
Talking about work at Centers, with shout-outs to each center as well as the nonprofits that have been involved, including our own @MEActNet. (Looking forward to sharing stuff re: this project soon!) (2/7) #MEcfs @Columbia_CII
Overall aims for the Collaborative Research Centers, funded by @NIH. (3/7) #fatigue #MEcfs
Dramatic increases in butyrate-producing bacteria in pwME. Butyrate is imp't to control inflammation & impacts CNS function. (4/7) #metabolism #fatigue #MECFS
Short-duration vs long-duration ME/CFS shows different patterns of cytokine activation (Hornig et al. 2015 -- I cite it a lot). (5/7) #immunology #MEcfs
Clonal B cell expansion has also been found in ME/CFS. (6/7) #fatigue #MECFS #immunology #fatigue pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32692761/
Lipkin's group found some changes in citric acid cycle byproducts pre- and post-exercise, implicating issues in the TCA cycle in #pwME. #fatigue #MECFS
And, Summary: (7/7)
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27 Sep
Now we get to another area of particular interest for me: circadian rhythms and #fatigue. Elizabeth Klerman presenting. (1/5) #sleep
How does sleep/circadian rhythms affect various body systems and ultimate effects?
First I've heard of health disparities, here; well done, Klerman. #fatigue #sleep
Circadian rhythms WILL affect results in studies. Researchers, take note!
Record time of events, blood draws, etc.!
Include sleep metrics in subjects!
Circadian =/ diurnal.
Most studies that say they're talking about circadian rhythms are actually referencing diurnal rhythms.
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27 Sep
Dragana Ragulja reports: what actually is cause of death in sleep deprivation?
Loss of life in test animals on Day 10 of sleep deprivation led to dissection and finding of serious increases in ROS in the gut in particular (1/3)
Antioxidants specific to the gut can 'rescue' the animals tho. (2/3)
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2) Not all lack of sleep is created equal. Feelings of sleepiness can be blocked even though it's still fatal. "The fact that you feel fine on four hours of sleep does not mean you actually are fine." (3/3)
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27 Sep
ooooh, I am very interested in this! Pierre Magistretti is discussing the astrocyte-neuron lactate shuttle. I had a long conversation with someone who wrote a review paper on this one. (1/6) #fatigue #neurology
Lactate is required for energy for the brain. BUT -- it is not only this but also a signalling molecule for neuroplasticity & neuroprotection. (This idea of lactate being 'neuroprotective' is of particular interest to me.) (2/6) #fatigue #neurology pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21376239/
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Now we're up to Ron Davis and the metabolic trap hypothesis for #MECFS: yeast model for the metabolic trap. (1/7) #metabolism #fatigue
Tryptophan is largely metabolized by a protein made by an enzyme called IDO-1. A second enzyme, called IDO-2, may be a "more primitive" version of the same enzyme. IDO-1 is substrate-inhibited. (2/7) #metabolism #MECFS
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Mark Davis now. He's talking about celiac (severe gluten intolerance/sensitivity). He found that gluten-specific CD4+ T cells were directly associated with the response. (1/6) #fatigue #celiac #autoimmunity
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27 Sep
Hanson thread.
Starts with: "well, I have no conflicts of interest to declare but I am sure I do think differently from some of those @NIH " #fatigue (1/8)
Preach, @DrMaureenHanson
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Abnormal NKC function is one of our most repeatable findings. (3/8) #pwME #MECFS
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