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Alexander E. Boruch, Jacob B. Lindheimer, Jacquelyn C. Klein-Adams, Aaron J. Stegner, Glenn R. Wylie, Jacob Ninneman, Thomas Alexander, Nicholas P. Gretzon, Bishoy Samy, Stephanie M. Van Riper, Michael J. Falvo, Dane B. Cook
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Wei Qian, Jacquelyn C. Klein-Adams, Duncan S. Ndirangu, Yang Chen, Michael J. Falvo, Michael R. Condon
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Florencia Martinez Addiego, Kristina Zajur, Sarah Knack, Jessie Jamieson, Rakib U. Rayhan, James N. Baraniuk
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Beatrice A. A. Golomb, Roel Sanchez Baez, Jan M. M. Schilling, Mehul Dhanani, McKenzie J. J. Fannon, Brinton K. K. Berg, Bruce J. J. Miller, Pam R. R. Taub, Hemal H. H. Patel
Summary: Gulf War illness (GWI) is a chronic multisymptom illness that may accelerate aging and is triggered by environmental factors. In this study, impaired mitochondrial respiratory chain function (MRCF) was associated with a higher number of symptoms and greater severity in GWI. Peripheral inflammation, measured by hsCRP, was related to lower MRCF in VGWI but did not predict symptom severity. These findings suggest that mitochondrial dysfunction plays a significant role in GWI.
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Mohamed B. Abou-Donia, Maxine H. Krengel, Elizabeth S. Lapadula, Clara G. Zundel, Jessica LeClair, Joseph Massaro, Emily Quinn, Lisa A. Conboy, Efi Kokkotou, Daniel D. Nguyen, Maria Abreu, Nancy G. Klimas, Kimberly Sullivan
Summary: This study compared levels of biomarkers between men and women with Gulf War illness (GWI), finding significant differences in 2 out of 10 plasma autoantibodies, with men showing elevated levels. Men and women with GWI also showed significantly different levels of autoantibodies in 8 out of 10 biomarkers to neuronal and glial proteins in plasma compared to controls.
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Victor Sanchez, Colin K. Kim, Elyana V. T. Locatelli, Adam K. Cohen, Kimberly Cabrera, Kristina Aenlle, Nancy G. Klimas, Robert O'Brien, Anat Galor
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D. Malhotra, S. H. Boyle, E. J. Gifford, B. A. Sullivan, T. H. Nguyen Wenker, Nono-Djotsa Abs, S. T. Ahmed, J. Upchurch, J. Vahey, C. Stafford, J. T. Efird, S. C. Hunt, A. Bradford, K. J. Sims, E. R. Hauser, D. A. Helmer, C. D. Williams
Summary: This study explores the relationship between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Gulf War Illness (GWI), and self-reported gastrointestinal (GI) disorders, and finds that Gulf War veterans with GWI and PTSD have higher odds of specific GI disorders.
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Tal Elroy, Gilad Halpert, Avishai M. Tsur, Harald Heidecke, Howard Amital, Yehuda Shoenfeld
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Kristen M. Patterson, Tyler G. Vajdic, Gustavo J. Martinez, Axel G. Feller, Joseph M. Reynolds
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Robert W. Haley, Jill A. Dever, Gerald Kramer, John F. Teiber
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(2023)
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James N. Baraniuk, Alison Amar, Haris Pepermitwala, Stuart D. Washington
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Assaf Greenbaum, Gilad Halpert, Arad Dotan, Shaked Shivatzki, Harald Heidecke, Ricky Kaplan Neeman, Michael Ehrenfeld, Amit Wolfovitz, Howard Amital, Yael Henkin, Yehuda Shoenfeld
Summary: Many women with silicone breast implants (SBIs) experience hearing impairments, including hearing loss and tinnitus. Audiologic evaluation showed that a majority of women with SBIs exhibited hearing loss. However, removal of the silicone implants led to improvement or resolution of hearing complaints in a significant proportion of women. This suggests a strong association between SBIs and hearing impairments, which needs to be further investigated with larger study populations.
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Aurore Nkiliza, Utsav Joshi, James E. Evans, Ghania Ait-Ghezala, Megan Parks, Fiona Crawford, Michael Mullan, Laila Abdullah
Summary: Gulf War Illness is a multisymptomatic condition affecting 30% of veterans from the 1991 Gulf War, with potential involvement of central nervous system pathology. Clinical features resemble autoimmune diseases, but the etiology is linked to hazardous chemical exposures specific to the Gulf War theatre.
NEUROSCIENCE INSIGHTS
(2021)
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Lisa M. James, Apostolos P. Georgopoulos
Summary: Foreign antigens derived from viruses and bacteria can have long-term deleterious effects on the brain and other organs, depending on the host's immune system and HLA composition. The "Persistent Antigen hypothesis" proposes that persistent antigens contribute to chronic health conditions, including certain specific diseases.
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Shane Kelly, Katherine J. L. Jackson, Timothy J. Peters, Dan Suan, Christopher C. Goodnow
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Christopher Nelke, Thomas Muentefering, Derya Cengiz, Lukas Theissen, Vera Dobelmann, Christina B. Schroeter, Helena Block, Corinna Preu, Alexander P. E. Michels, Stefanie Lichtenberg, Marc Pawlitzki, Steffen Pfeuffer, Niklas Huntemann, Alexander Zarbock, Thorben Briese, Christoph Kittl, Carsten Dittmayer, Thomas Budde, Ingrid E. Lundberg, Werner Stenzel, Sven G. Meuth, Tobias Ruck
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Xuan Zhang, Jun Xia, Ying Jiang, David S. Pisetsky, Josef S. Smolen, Rong Mu, Shengming Dai, Michael E. Weinblatt, Tore K. Kvien, Juan Li, Thomas Doerner, Yu Zhang, Liwei Lu, Chengde Yang, Pingting Yang, Yuan Zhang, Chenchen Xu, Zhan Zhao, Peter E. Lipsky
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(2024)