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Milivojevic, M.* ; Che, X.* ; Bateman, L.* ; Cheng, A.* ; Garcia, B.A.* ; Hornig, M.* ; Huber, M.B. ; Klimas, N.G.* ; Lee, B.* ; Lee, H.* ; Levine, S.* ; Montoya, J.G.* ; Peterson, D.L.* ; Komaroff, A.L.* ; Lipkin, W.I.*

Plasma proteomic profiling suggests an association between antigen driven clonal B cell expansion and ME/CFS.

PLoS ONE 15:e0236148 (2020)
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Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is an unexplained chronic, debilitating illness characterized by fatigue, sleep disturbances, cognitive dysfunction, orthostatic intolerance and gastrointestinal problems. Using ultra performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS), we analyzed the plasma proteomes of 39 ME/CFS patients and 41 healthy controls. Logistic regression models, with both linear and quadratic terms of the protein levels as independent variables, revealed a significant association between ME/CFS and the immunoglobulin heavy variable (IGHV) region 3-23/30. Stratifying the ME/CFS group based on self-reported irritable bowel syndrome (sr-IBS) status revealed a significant quadratic effect of immunoglobulin lambda constant region 7 on its association with ME/CFS with sr-IBS whilst IGHV3-23/30 and immunoglobulin kappa variable region 3-11 were significantly associated with ME/CFS without sr-IBS. In addition, we were able to predict ME/CFS status with a high degree of accuracy (AUC = 0.774-0.838) using a panel of proteins selected by 3 different machine learning algorithms: Lasso, Random Forests, and XGBoost. These algorithms also identified proteomic profiles that predicted the status of ME/CFS patients with sr-IBS (AUC = 0.806-0.846) and ME/CFS without sr-IBS (AUC = 0.754-0.780). Our findings are consistent with a significant association of ME/CFS with immune dysregulation and highlight the potential use of the plasma proteome as a source of biomarkers for disease.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
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Keywords Chronic-fatigue-syndrome; Cathelicidin Ll-37; Mutational Status; Gene; Expression; Antibodies; Peptide; Serum; Inflammation; Instrument
ISSN (print) / ISBN 1932-6203
Journal PLoS ONE
Quellenangaben Volume: 15, Issue: 7, Pages: , Article Number: e0236148 Supplement: ,
Publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Publishing Place Lawrence, Kan.
Non-patent literature Publications
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management (IGM)