Fatigue Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Heat shock proteins === A small 2016 study found that primary [[Sjögren's syndrome]] patients with high fatigue, when compared with those with low fatigue, had significantly higher plasma concentrations of [[Hsp90|HSP90α]], and a tendency to higher concentrations of HSP72.<ref>{{cite journal | pmc=4804286 | year=2016 | last1=Bårdsen | first1=K. | last2=Nilsen | first2=M. M. | last3=Kvaløy | first3=J. T. | last4=Norheim | first4=K. B. | last5=Jonsson | first5=G. | last6=Omdal | first6=R. | title=Heat shock proteins and chronic fatigue in primary Sjögren's syndrome | journal=Innate Immunity | volume=22 | issue=3 | pages=162–167 | doi=10.1177/1753425916633236 | pmid=26921255 }}</ref> A small 2020 study of Crohn's disease patients found that higher fatigue visual analogue scale (fVAS) scores correlated with hgher HSP90α levels.<ref name="pmid31601148">{{cite journal |last1=Grimstad |first1=Tore |last2=Kvivik |first2=Ingeborg |last3=Kvaløy |first3=Jan Terje |last4=Aabakken |first4=Lars |last5=Omdal |first5=Roald |title=Heat-shock protein 90 α in plasma reflects severity of fatigue in patients with Crohn's disease |journal=Innate Immunity |date=February 2020 |volume=26 |issue=2 |pages=146–151 |doi=10.1177/1753425919879988 |pmid=31601148 |pmc=7016405 }}</ref> A related small 2012 trial investigating if application of an IL-1 receptor antagonist ([[anakinra]]) would reduce fatigue in primary Sjögren's syndrome patients was inconclusive.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Norheim |first1=Katrine Brække |last2=Harboe |first2=Erna |last3=Gøransson |first3=Lasse G. |last4=Omdal |first4=Roald |title=Interleukin-1 Inhibition and Fatigue in Primary Sjögren's Syndrome – A Double Blind, Randomised Clinical Trial |journal=PLOS ONE |date=10 January 2012 |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=e30123 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0030123 |doi-access=free |pmid=22253903 |pmc=3254637 |bibcode=2012PLoSO...730123N }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Omdal |first1=Roald |last2=Gunnarsson |first2=Ragnar |title=The effect of interleukin-1 blockade on fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis—a pilot study |journal=Rheumatology International |date=September 2005 |volume=25 |issue=6 |pages=481–484 |doi=10.1007/s00296-004-0463-z |pmid=15071755 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Skoie |first1=Inger Marie |last2=Bårdsen |first2=Kjetil |last3=Nilsen |first3=Mari M. |last4=Eidem |first4=Live E. |last5=Grimstad |first5=Tore |last6=Dalen |first6=Ingvild |last7=Omdal |first7=Roald |title=Fatigue and expression of heat-shock protein genes in plaque psoriasis |journal=Clinical and Experimental Dermatology |date=June 2022 |volume=47 |issue=6 |pages=1068–1077 |doi=10.1111/ced.15068 |pmid=34921435 }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page