Carmen Scheibenbogen

Professor Doctor Carmen Scheibenbogen is an ME/CFS doctor and researcher within the Institute for Medical Immunology at the University Hospital Charité in Berlin, Germany. She specializes in the role of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), particularly the characterization of EBV specific B cell and T cell response and the enhanced antibody response against EBV peptides in ME versus healthy controls.

Diagnostic test
Professor Scheibenbogen helped create the CellTrend Diagnostic Test which may help identify a subset of 20-30% of all patients with ME/CFS. These patients have elevated levels of three auto-antibodies, i.e., against the b2-adrenergic receptor, against the muscarinic cholinergic receptor 3 (M3) and against the muscarinic cholinergic receptor 4 (M4).

Awards

 * 2016 Ramsay Award Program grant recipient, sponsored by the Solve ME/CFS Initiative for Autoimmune Signature in CFS/ME. This grant was shared with Madlen Lobel, Charite Universitatsmedizin, Berlin.

Notable studies

 * 2016, Antibodies to β adrenergic and muscarinic cholinergic receptors in patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
 * 2015, Frequent IgG subclass and mannose binding lectin deficiency in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome
 * 2015, Polymorphism in COMT is associated with IgG3 subclass level and susceptibility to infection in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome

Clinic location

 * Charite University Medicine, Berlin, Germany

Talks & interviews

 * 2014, Speaker at the 9th Invest in ME International ME Conference DVD available

Online presence

 * PubMed
 * Institute for Medical Immunology
 * Twitter
 * Facebook
 * Website
 * YouTube

Learn more

 * Institution