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ReviewJournal of diabetes research2016

Metabolomics and Type 2 Diabetes: Translating Basic Research into Clinical Application.

Matthias S Klein, Jane Shearer

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Review in Journal of diabetes research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 71 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

71 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  9. Metabolomics Insights into the Benefits of SGLT2 Inhibitors in Type 2 Diabetes.Clinical pharmacology : advances and applications · 2025
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  11. Characterizing poorly controlled type 2 diabetes usingMetabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society · 2024
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  19. Application of Metabolomics and Traditional Chinese Medicine for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Treatment.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2023
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11 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Matthias S KleinFaculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 1N4.
Jane ShearerFaculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 1N4 ; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 1N4.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and its comorbidities have reached epidemic proportions, with more than half a billion cases expected by 2030. Metabolomics is a fairly new approach for studying metabolic changes connected to disease development and progression and for finding predictive biomarkers to enable early interventions, which are most effective against T2D and its comorbidities. In metabolomics, the abundance of a comprehensive set of small biomolecules (metabolites) is measured, thus giving insight into disease-related metabolic alterations. This review shall give an overview of basic metabolomics methods and will highlight current metabolomics research successes in the prediction and diagnosis of T2D. We summarized key metabolites changing in response to T2D. Despite large variations in predictive biomarkers, many studies have replicated elevated plasma levels of branched-chain amino acids and their derivatives, aromatic amino acids and α-hydroxybutyrate ahead of T2D manifestation. In contrast, glycine levels and lysophosphatidylcholine C18:2 are depressed in both predictive studies and with overt disease. The use of metabolomics for predicting T2D comorbidities is gaining momentum, as are our approaches for translating basic metabolomics research into clinical applications. As a result, metabolomics has the potential to enable informed decision-making in the realm of personalized medicine.

Indexed as

BiomarkersDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2HumansMetabolomicsTranslational Research, BiomedicalBiomarkers

Identifiers

PMID26636104
PMCPMC4655283

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