BIOMARKERS WORKING GROUP
TASKS FOR THE FIRST PERIOD OF THE PROJECT
- Establish special interest groups within the network able to de-take fragmented research in a harmonised way;
- Survey in EU countries existing data on potential immunological biomarkers of ME/CFS (cytokine profiles, lymphocyte subsets, adjuvant use epidemiology);
- Survey in EU countries existing data on potential infection-associated biomarkers of ME/CFS (viral, bacterial and fungal infections);
- Survey in EU countries existing data on potential genetic and epigenetic biomarkers;
- Survey in EU countries existing data on neuro-imaging biomarkers.
Our Mission
- Objective:
towards a common biomarker factory, supporting digitalisation in biomarker deployment and big
data role in ME/CFS research
- Task 1: To survey European countries existing data on potential infection-associated biomarkers of ME/CFS (viral, bacterial and fungal infections);
- Task 2: To survey European countries existing data on potential immunological biomarkers of ME/CFS (cytokine profiles, lymphocyte subsets, adjuvant use epidemiology);
- Task 3: To survey European countries existing data on neurological picture of ME/CFS (including association with similar diseases and symptoms, like fibromyalgia);
- Task 4: To promote synchronisation of biomarker panels and interpretation, evaluate digitalisation and big data capabilities: to organize two biomarker group meetings per year (could be also teleconferences) to discuss and analyse the existing data on biomarkers usable for laboratory and objective clinical diagnosis of ME/CFS.
- Milestones
- Survey data on existing biomarkers and detection approaches M12,
- Protocols of meetings – synchronisation panel and personalised care roadmap M43.3.
Curriculum Vitae
- Carmen Scheibenbogen
- Enrica Capelli
- Modra Murovska
- Henrik Nielsen
- Thomas Harrer
- Jonas Blomberg
- Jonas Bergquist
- Prof Svetlana Orlova
- Mira Meeus
- Ivan Brandslund
- Evelina Shikova
- Bhupesh Prusty
- Patricia Grabowski
- Santa Rasa
- Zaiga Nora-Krukle
- Helma Freitag
- Elisa Oltra
- Franziska Sotzny
- Jacqueline Cliff
- Artsiom Shtyrau
MC
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Participants
DELIVERABLES
The European ME/CFS Biomarker Landscape project: an initiative of the European network EUROMENE
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