The epigenetic landscape of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: deciphering complex phenotypes

Wilfred C de Vega; Patrick O McGowan

doi:10.2217/epi-2017-0106

The epigenetic landscape of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: deciphering complex phenotypes

Epigenomics. 2017 Nov;9(11):1337-1340. doi: 10.2217/epi-2017-0106. Epub 2017 Oct 18.

Authors

Wilfred C de Vega^{1

2}, Patrick O McGowan^{1

2

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto, Scarborough, ON, Canada.
² Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
³ Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁴ Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

PMID: 29043854
DOI: 10.2217/epi-2017-0106

No abstract available

Keywords: DNA methylation; HPA axis; chronic fatigue syndrome; complex disease; disease subtyping; epigenetics; glucocorticoid; immune system; myalgic encephalomyelitis.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

DNA Methylation
Epigenesis, Genetic*
Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic / genetics*
Humans
Phenotype