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system’s response to that insult. A central tenet of this hypothesis is that ME/CFS is initiated when the itaconate shunt, normally a temporary response of the innate immune system, becomes a chronic impairment of the tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA) in affected cells.
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May be pertinent to #ME/CFS in relation to Phair’s & Davis’ itaconate shunt working hypothesis HIF1α-regulated glycolysis promotes activation-induced cell death and IFN-γ induction in hypoxic T cells www.nature.com/articles/s41... See @openmedf.bsky.social www.omf.ngo/regulation-o...
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in activating macrophages by inhibiting succinate dehydrogenase (SDH).
Tomas Paulenda presented at the @investinmeresearch.bsky.social btw.
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Rob Phair presented on his Itaconate Shunt Update last year in December 2023 (at the NIH ME/CFS Research Roadmap) : r/cfs Link to a great @Reddit summary of Rob Phair’s #ItaconateShunt MEtabolic hypothesis of #MECFS’ central perturbations: t.co/uZZwbSvXBn