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Fibromyalgia in women: association of inflammatory plasma proteins, muscle blood flow, and metabolism with body mass index and pain characteristics.
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- An explorative cross-sectional study on the association between immunological biomarkers in patients with chronic pain.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2026Article
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- Human Herpesvirus-6B Infection and Alterations of Gut Microbiome in Patients with Fibromyalgia: A Pilot Study.Biomolecules · 2024Article
- The Impact of Obesity as a Peripheral Disruptor of Brain Inhibitory Mechanisms in Fibromyalgia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Allostatic load and chronic pain: a prospective finding from the national survey of midlife development in the United States, 2004-2014.BMC public health · 2024Article
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- T Lymphocyte Interferon-gamma Response to Anaplasmataceae-related Major Surface Proteins and Ankyrin A in Fibromyalgia.CNS & neurological disorders drug targets · 2024Article
- Pain and the biochemistry of fibromyalgia: patterns of peripheral cytokines and chemokines contribute to the differentiation between fibromyalgia and controls and are associated with pain, fat infiltration and content.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Causal links between blood inflammation markers and postherpetic neuralgia risk: insights from a two-sample Mendelian randomization study.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
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- The Vastus Lateralis Muscle Interstitium Proteome Changes after an Acute Nociception in Patients with Fibromyalgia Compared to Healthy Subjects-A Microdialysis Study.Biomedicines · 2023Article
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Abstract
Introduction: Obesity is a common comorbidity in fibromyalgia (FM). Both FM and obesity have been connected to low-grade inflammation, although it is possible that previously reported inflammatory alterations in FM primarily may be linked to increased body mass index (BMI). Objective: This study aimed to investigate whether the inflammatory plasma protein profile, muscle blood flow, and metabolism and pain characteristics (clinical parameters and patient-reported outcome measurements) differed between female patients with FM with and without obesity. Methods: Patients with FM underwent clinical examinations, physical tests, and answered questionnaires. They were dichotomized according to BMI (<30 kg/m Results: There were significant ( Conclusions: These findings suggest that metabolism and inflammation interact in female patients with FM with obesity and might cause chronic low-grade inflammation. Screening for obesity and monitoring of BMI changes should be considered in the treatment of patients with FM.
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