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. 2017 Aug 22;114(34):8914-8916.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1712475114. Epub 2017 Aug 15.

Inflammation correlates with symptoms in chronic fatigue syndrome

Anthony L Komaroff  1
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Inflammation correlates with symptoms in chronic fatigue syndrome

Anthony L Komaroff. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Levels of three different immune-related molecules in healthy control subjects and in patients with CFS of different levels of severity: mild, moderate (Mod), and severe (Sev). Levels for three different molecules, CXCL10 (a chemokine), IFN-γ (a cytokine), and leptin (an adipokine) are shown as preprocessed median fluorescence intensity (MFI) ±1 SE. Results were adjusted for multiple comparisons, age, sex, race, and nonspecific binding. The horizontal dashed line is the level for each molecule found in healthy control subjects (Con). For 17 of the 51 immune-related molecules reported by Montoya et al. (3), there was a statistically significant upward trend with severity. This figure is adapted from figure 3 of Montoya et al. (3).
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