Pain practice : the official journal of World Institute of Pain
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Numerous experimental models have shown that microRNAs (miRNAs)play an important role in regulating pain processing in clinical pain disorders. In this study, we evaluated a set of miRNAs as diagnostic biomarkers of pain intensity in adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). We then correlated the expression of these miRNAs with the levels of inflammatory markers and pain-related comorbidities in adolescents with CFS and healthy controls (HCs). ⋯ The intensity and consequences of pain were influenced by differential expression of miR-558, miR-146a, miR-150, miR-124, and miR-143, which was directly associated with higher expression of the immune inflammatory-related genes TNFα, IL-6, and COX-2 in adolescents with CFS. Further studies of larger patient cohorts will help clarify the role of miRNAs in the pathogenesis of CFS.