Saz94
Senior Member (Voting Rights)
Reading Jen Brea's latest post on Medium, I came across some interesting information.
I have created this thread to discuss these findings about hydroxyproline and collagen. It so happens that I heard about this through a post written by Jen Brea. However, please keep this thread to discussing these findings, not for discussing your views about Jen's recovery and her theories in general.
Hydroxyproline is a protein found in collagen. It’s what creates its stability. High levels of it in the blood are indicative of collagen breakdown.
Robert Naviaux’s of UC-San Diego’s study found elevated hydroxyproline in female patients; he has suggested hydroxyproline as one possible biomarker. At this year’s Emerge Australia conference,
Neil McGregor of the University of Melbourne discussed increased connective tissue degradation in both burn patients and ME/CFS patients, and that burn patients with joint hypermobility have increased susceptibility to this breakdown. Last year, Wenzhong Xiao of Harvard University presented on the results of the Severely Ill Patient Study and shared that hydroxyproline was one of the three metabolites whose levels were most different in patients: it was significantly elevated.
I have created this thread to discuss these findings about hydroxyproline and collagen. It so happens that I heard about this through a post written by Jen Brea. However, please keep this thread to discussing these findings, not for discussing your views about Jen's recovery and her theories in general.