Among the main inflammatory mediators, CRP plays a crucial role in atherogenesis by promoting complement activation, enhancing macrophage lipid uptake, stimulating pro-inflammatory cytokine release, inducing monocyte tissue factor expression, impairing endothelial function, and inhibiting nitric oxide production, further aggravating vascular injury (Shrivastava et al
The reduction in the rate of methylation also reduces the transfer of homocysteine into the sulphation cycle thereby resulting in lower production of Glutathione and increased production of pyroglutamate The primary reason for the chronic fatigue seen in CFS is the reduced production of creatine, the energy transfer molecule within the cytoplasm of the cell
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Systemic and local levels of these pro-inflammatory metabolitesincluding LPS, peptidoglycan and fatty acidsare elevated and cause damage in joint tissues by bringing about metabolic endotoxaemia, macrophage invasion and chronic low-grade inflammation (Han et al., 2025
