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ArticleSteroids2015

Improved profiling of estrogen metabolites by orbitrap LC/MS.

Xingnan Li, Adrian A Franke

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Article in Steroids, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. LC-HRMS of derivatized urinary estrogens and estrogen metabolites in postmenopausal women.Journal of chromatography. B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xingnan LiUniversity of Hawai'i Cancer Center, 701 Ilalo Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, United States.
Adrian A FrankeUniversity of Hawai'i Cancer Center, 701 Ilalo Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, United States. Electronic address: adrian@cc.hawaii.edu.
University of Hawaii System · US

Funding

University of Hawaii Cancer Center CCSGP30CA071789 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · PI GERTRAUD MASKARINEC · 1996 to 2026
$56.2M
MASS SPECT SYST: SOY PHYTOESTROGEN &CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS, ATHEROSCLEROSISS10RR020890 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · PI FRANKE, ADRIAN A · 2005 to 2005
$421k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA071789NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR020890
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Estrogen metabolites are important biomarkers to evaluate cancer risks and metabolic diseases. Due to their low physiological levels, a sensitive and accurate method is required, especially for the quantitation of unconjugated forms of endogenous steroids and their metabolites in humans. Here, we evaluated various derivatives of estrogens for improved analysis by orbitrap LC/MS in human serum samples. A new chemical derivatization reagent was applied modifying phenolic steroids to form 1-methylimidazole-2-sulfonyl adducts. The method significantly improves the sensitivity 2-100 fold by full scan MS and targeted selected ion monitoring MS over other derivatization methods including, dansyl, picolinoyl, and pyridine-3-sulfonyl products.

Indexed as

Chromatography, LiquidDansyl CompoundsEquipment DesignEstrogensHumansImidazolesLimit of DetectionMass SpectrometryPicolinic AcidsSensitivity and SpecificitySpectrometry, Mass, Electrospray IonizationSteroidsdansyl chlorideDansyl CompoundsEstrogensImidazolespicolinic acidPicolinic AcidsSteroids1-Methylimidazole-2-sulfonyl chlorideDansyl chlorideEstrogen metabolitesOrbitrap MS

Identifiers

PMID25543003
PMCPMC4446197
OpenAlexW2014627488

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