Linking disease symptoms and subtypes with personalized systems-based phenotypes: A proof of concept study

Autor: Kirstin Aschbacher, Mark A. Demitrack, Margaret E. Kemeny, Leslie J. Crofford, Amos Ben-Zvi, Emma K. Adam
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 26:1047-1056
ISSN: 0889-1591
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2012.06.002
Popis: A dynamic systems model was used to generate parameters describing a phenotype of Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) behavior in a sample of 36 patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and/or fibromyalgia (FM) and 36 case-matched healthy controls. Altered neuroendocrine function, particularly in relation to somatic symptoms and poor sleep quality, may contribute to the pathophysiology of these disorders. Blood plasma was assayed for cortisol and ACTH every 10 min for 24h. The dynamic model was specified with an ordinary differential equation using three parameters: (1) ACTH-adrenal signaling, (2) inhibitory feedback, and (3) non-ACTH influences. The model was "personalized" by estimating an individualized set of parameters from each participant's data. Day and nighttime parameters were assessed separately. Two nocturnal parameters (ACTH-adrenal signaling and inhibitory feedback) significantly differentiated the two patient subgroups ("fatigue-predominant" patients with CFS only versus "pain-predominant" patients with FM and comorbid chronic fatigue) from controls (all p's
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