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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2023

Developing a Blood Cell-Based Diagnostic Test for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Using Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells.

Jiabao Xu, Tiffany Lodge, Caroline Kingdon, James W L Strong, John Maclennan, Eliana Lacerda, Slawomir Kujawski, Pawel Zalewski, Wei E Huang, Karl J Morten

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.

Jiabao XuDepartment of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PJ, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1285-9408
Tiffany LodgeNuffield Department of Women's and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, The Women Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK.
Caroline KingdonFaculty of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel St, London, WC1E 7HT, UK.
James W L StrongNuffield Department of Women's and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, The Women Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK.
John MaclennanSoft Cell Biological Research, Attwood Innovation Center, 453 S 600 E, St. George, UT, 84770, USA.
Eliana LacerdaFaculty of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel St, London, WC1E 7HT, UK.
Slawomir KujawskiDepartment of Exercise Physiology and Functional Anatomy, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Swietojanska 20, Bydgoszcz, 85-077, Poland.
Pawel ZalewskiDepartment of Exercise Physiology and Functional Anatomy, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Swietojanska 20, Bydgoszcz, 85-077, Poland.
Wei E HuangDepartment of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PJ, UK.
Karl J MortenNuffield Department of Women's and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, The Women Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6926-6550
John Radcliffe Hospital · GBUniversity of London · GBGlasgow School of Art · GBMedical University of Warsaw · PLNicolaus Copernicus University · PLUniversity of Oxford · GBUtah Tech University · US

Funding

A longitudinal immunological and virological study for ME CFS biomarker discovery (Renewal)R01AI103629 · NIAID · LONDON SCH/HYGIENE & TROPICAL MEDICINE · PI DOCKRELL, HAZEL MARGUERITE, NACUL, LUIS · 2013 to 2020
$4.1M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI103629
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is characterized by debilitating fatigue that profoundly impacts patients' lives. Diagnosis of ME/CFS remains challenging, with most patients relying on self-report, questionnaires, and subjective measures to receive a diagnosis, and many never receiving a clear diagnosis at all. In this study, a single-cell Raman platform and artificial intelligence are utilized to analyze blood cells from 98 human subjects, including 61 ME/CFS patients of varying disease severity and 37 healthy and disease controls. These results demonstrate that Raman profiles of blood cells can distinguish between healthy individuals, disease controls, and ME/CFS patients with high accuracy (91%), and can further differentiate between mild, moderate, and severe ME/CFS patients (84%). Additionally, specific Raman peaks that correlate with ME/CFS phenotypes and have the potential to provide insights into biological changes and support the development of new therapeutics are identified. This study presents a promising approach for aiding in the diagnosis and management of ME/CFS and can be extended to other unexplained chronic diseases such as long COVID and post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome, which share many of the same symptoms as ME/CFS.

Indexed as

Fatigue Syndrome, ChronicArtificial IntelligenceDiagnostic Tests, RoutineHumansLeukocytes, MononuclearPost-Acute COVID-19 Syndromemachine learningmitochondriamultiple sclerosismyalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndromeperipheral blood mononuclear cellsRaman microspectroscopysingle cell

Identifiers

PMID37653608
PMCPMC10602530
OpenAlexW4386347814

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