ArticleJournal of cellular and molecular medicine2020
Unravelling myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS): Gender-specific changes in the microRNA expression profiling in ME/CFS.
Article in Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05454683 (Effect of Melatonin Plus Zinc Supplementation on Fatigue, Pain, Sleep Disturbances, Anxiety and Depression, and Autonomic Dysfunction in ME/CFS), which is not on this map. Cited by 25 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effect of Melatonin Plus Zinc Supplementation on Fatigue, Pain, Sleep Disturbances, Anxiety and Depression, and Autonomic Dysfunction in ME/CFS: a Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study
Who cites it
25 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.
- Recent research in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: an evidence map.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2025Pooled it
- Non-coding RNAs in exercise immunology: A systematic review.Journal of sport and health science · 2024Pooled it
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- Extracellular Vesicle Protein and MiRNA Signatures as Biomarkers for Post-Infectious ME/CFS Patients.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- MicroRNA, MicroRNA-lncRNA and MicroRNA-Circular RNA axes, and exosomal MicroRNAs: driving exercise-induced cardioprotection in heart failure.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026Review
- The Association Between miRNA-223-3p Levels and Pain Severity in Fibromyalgia Syndrome: A Molecular Approach.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- HERV Dysregulation in a Case of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Multiple Sclerosis Responsive to Rituximab.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Exertional Exhaustion (Post-Exertional Malaise, PEM) Evaluated by the Effects of Exercise on Cerebrospinal Fluid Metabolomics-Lipidomics and Serine Pathway in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- The emerging role of exosomal LncRNAs in chronic fatigue syndrome: from intercellular communication to disease biomarkers.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2025Review
- Fatigue, interoplastic and nociplastic distress in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, Gulf War Illness, and chronic idiopathic fatigue.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Article
- Identifying microRNAs Possibly Implicated in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia: A Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
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- Single-cell transcriptomics of the immune system in ME/CFS at baseline and following symptom provocation.Cell reports. Medicine · 2024Article
- The potential role of ocular and otolaryngological mucus proteins in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome.Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2024Article
- Circulating miRNAs Expression in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Sex-Dependent Transcriptional Changes in Response to Stress in Patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Pilot Project.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Stress-Induced Transcriptomic Changes in Females with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Reveal Disrupted Immune Signatures.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Molecular and biochemical investigations of the anti-fatigue effects of tea polyphenols and fruit extracts ofFrontiers in molecular biosciences · 2023Article
- Separating Patients with SEID from Those with CFS in the French ME/CFS Association, with Some Thoughts on Nomenclature.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Diagnosis of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome With Partial Least Squares Discriminant Analysis: Relevance of Blood Extracellular Vesicles.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
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12 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a multisystem illness characterized by medically unexplained debilitating fatigue with suggested altered immunological state. Our study aimed to explore peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) for microRNAs (miRNAs) expression in ME/CFS subjects under an exercise challenge. The findings highlight the immune response and inflammation links to differential miRNA expression in ME/CFS. The present study is particularly important in being the first to uncover the differences that exist in miRNA expression patterns in males and females with ME/CFS in response to exercise. This provides new evidence for the understanding of differential miRNA expression patterns and post-exertional malaise in ME/CFS. We also report miRNA expression pattern differences associating with the nutritional status in individuals with ME/CFS, highlighting the effect of subjects' metabolic state on molecular changes to be considered in clinical research within the NINDS/CDC ME/CFS Common Data Elements. The identification of gender-based miRNAs importantly provides new insights into gender-specific ME/CFS susceptibility and demands exploration of sex-suited ME/CFS therapeutics.
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