A recent study, however, despite showing the presence of the antibody-induced responses to both microbial and dietary antigens along with greater epithelial cell damage and turnover rate confirmed by higher FABP-2 levels, failed to report any significant differences in LBPs or sCD14 levels due to a suppressed anti-microbial response in ME/CFS compared with controls (50). The gene discussed is FABP2; the disease is myalgic encephalomeyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome.