Type: Paper
Authors: Amy D. Proal PhD, Paul J. Albert, Trevor G Marshall PhD, Greg P. Blaney, Inge A. Lindseth
Publication: Immunologic research
Citation: . Immunostimulation in the treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis. Immunol Res. 2013 Jul;56(2-3):398-412. doi: 10.1007/s12026-013-8413-z.
[PMID: 23576059] [DOI: 10.1007/s12026-013-8413-z]
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Chronic fatigue syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis has long been associated with the presence of infectious agents, but no single pathogen has been reliably identified in all patients with the disease. Recent studies using metagenomic techniques have demonstrated the presence of thousands of microbes in the human body that were previously undetected and unknown to science. More importantly, such species interact together by sharing genes and genetic function within communities. It follows that searching for a singular pathogen may greatly underestimate the microbial complexity potentially driving a complex disease like CFS/ME. Intracellular microbes alter the expression of human genes in order to facilitate their survival. We have put forth a model describing how multiple species – bacterial, viral and fungal – can cumulatively dysregulate expression by the VDRThe Vitamin D Receptor. A nuclear receptor located throughout the body that plays a key role in the innate immune response. nuclear receptorIntracellular receptor proteins that bind to hydrophobic signal molecules (such as steroid and thyroid hormones) or intracellular metabolites and are thus activated to bind to specific DNA sequences which affects transcription. in order to survive and thus drive a disease process. Based on this model, we have developed an immunostimulatory therapy that is showing promise inducing both subjective and objective improvement in patients suffering from CFS/ME.
