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Evidence of chronic immune activation
"Many studies of the immune system have been conducted in patients with CFS. The most robust fmdings are increased numbers of CD8+ cytotoxic T cells that bear antigenic markers of activation on their cell. surface and depressed function of natural killer cells. Other markers of immune activation also have been found: elevated levels of circulating immune complexes, immunoglobulin G, and various autoantibodies..."