Project summary from Cornell University
The Center for Enervating Neuroimmune Disease, led by Professor Maureen Hanson, is currently conducting projects on myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) at Cornell University and Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC). One project, led by Andrew Grimson, associate professor at Cornell University, is investigating genes expressed in immune cells from patients and control subjects and how gene expression changes after an exercise challenge. Projects led by Dr. Hanson include characterizing the cargo of extracellular vesicles released by cells, as well as metabolites and proteins present in plasma, and how these molecules change after a maximal exercise test. Dr. Hanson’s group recently published a review article on the role of enteroviruses in ME/CFS. With financial support from WE&ME (formerly the TEMPI Foundation), her lab is investigating whether past or current infection with enteroviruses could lead to the many debilitating symptoms of the disease.
