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physician-researcher, paediatrician, ME/CFS since 2016. This account is about science, esp. CFS (may also visit: @kinderverstehen: on child development (German)
May 9, 2022 13 tweets 3 min read
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A 🧵on our work on the role of #glia in #MECFS
frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…
Our paper explains why ME/CFS research may benefit from a closer look at the role of the immune system of the brain. 2/13
Many things are known about the pathobiology of ME/CFS. There is evidence for (e.g.):
- immune dysfx
- metabolic / mitochondrial / peroxisomal dysfx
- endothelial / vascular dysfx
- dysfunction of the autonomous nervous system
and the CNS in general