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ArticleFatigue : biomedicine, health & behavior2020

Antibody-Dependent Cell-mediated Cytotoxicity (ADCC) in Familial Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS).

Alexander P Sung, Jennifer J-J Tang, Michael J Guglielmo, Julie Smith-Gagen, Lucinda Bateman, Lydia Navarrete-Galvan, Doug D Redelman, Dorothy Hudig

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Article in Fatigue : biomedicine, health & behavior, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Recent research in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: an evidence map.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alexander P SungDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, MS 0320, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Reno, NV 89557.
Jennifer J-J TangDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, MS 0320, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Reno, NV 89557.
Michael J GuglielmoDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, MS 0320, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Reno, NV 89557.
Julie Smith-GagenUniversity of Nevada, Reno Health Sciences, Reno NV 89557.
Lucinda BatemanBateman Horne Center, Salt Lake City, UT 84102.
Lydia Navarrete-GalvanDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, MS 0320, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Reno, NV 89557.
Doug D RedelmanDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, MS 0320, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Reno, NV 89557.
Dorothy HudigDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, MS 0320, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Reno, NV 89557.ORCID 0000-0001-5952-208X
University of Nevada, Reno · USBateman Horne Center · US

Funding

Outreach/Diversity/Pipeline ProjectP20GM103440 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO · PI Eduardo A Robleto · 2012 to 2026
$58.0M
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AND TRAININGP20RR016464 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO · PI REIBER, CARL · 2001 to 2011
$30.3M
Single Cell Molecular ExpressionP30GM110767 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO · PI SANDERS, KENTON M · 2014 to 2018
$5.4M
Risk of CFS Due to IgG Receptor Genes that Impair ADCCR21AI117491 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO · PI HUDIG, DOROTHY, SILVESTRE, ISABEL BARAO · 2015 to 2016
$395k
NCRR NIH HHS P20 RR016464NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI117491NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103440NIGMS NIH HHS P30 GM110767
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is an illness of unknown origin that may have familial risks. Low natural killer (NK) lymphocyte activity was proposed as a risk for familial CFS in 1998. Since then, there have been many studies of NK lymphocytes in CFS in general populations but few in familial CFS. Antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) by NK lymphocytes helps control viral infections. ADCC is affected by variant CD16A receptors for antibody that are genetically encoded by

methodsThis report characterizes ADCC effector NK cell numbers, ADCC activities, and

resultsCFS patients

conclusionslow ADCC may be a risk factor for familial CFS. Furthermore, characterization of familial CFS represents an opportunity to identify pathogenic mechanisms of CFS.

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ADCCantibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicityCD16AChronic Fatigue Syndromefamily studiesNK

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PMID33777500
PMCPMC7993113
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