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Trial reportScientific reports2016

Parallel Metabolomic Profiling of Cerebrospinal Fluid and Serum for Identifying Biomarkers of Injury Severity after Acute Human Spinal Cord Injury.

Yiman Wu, Femke Streijger, Yining Wang, Guohui Lin, Sean Christie, Jean-Marc Mac-Thiong, Stefan Parent, Christopher S Bailey, Scott Paquette, Michael C Boyd and 6 more

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Trial report in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A multi-analyte blood test for acute spinal cord injury.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2025
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  5. Lesion level and severity acutely influence metabolomic profiles in spinal cord injury.Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology · 2026
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  13. Boldine Alters Serum Lipidomic Signatures after Acute Spinal Cord Transection in Male Mice.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 8 institutions in 1 country.

Yiman WuDepartment of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G2G2, Canada.
Femke StreijgerInternational Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), University of British Columbia, Blusson Spinal Cord Centre, 818 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1M9, Canada.
Yining WangDepartment of Computing Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6T 2E8, Canada.
Guohui LinDepartment of Computing Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6T 2E8, Canada.
Sean ChristieDivision of Neurosurgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax Infirmary, 1796 Summer Street, Halifax, NS, B3H 3A7, Canada.
Jean-Marc Mac-ThiongHôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, 5400 Boul Gouin O, Montréal, QC, H4J 1C5, Canada.
Stefan ParentChu Sainte-Justine, Dept. of Surgery, Université de Montréal, PO Box 6128, Station Centre-ville, Montreal, QC, H3C 3J7, Canada.
Christopher S BaileyDivision of Orthopaedic Surgery, Schulich Medicine &Dentistry, Victoria Hospital 800 Commissioners Road East, Room E4 120, London, ON, N6C 5W9, Canada.
Scott PaquetteDivision of Neurosurgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Spine Surgery Institute, 818 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1M9, Canada.
Michael C BoydDivision of Neurosurgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Spine Surgery Institute, 818 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1M9, Canada.
Tamir AilonDivision of Neurosurgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Spine Surgery Institute, 818 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1M9, Canada.
John StreetDepartment of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Spine Surgery Institute, 818 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1M9, Canada.
Charles G FisherDepartment of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Spine Surgery Institute, 818 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1M9, Canada.
Marcel F DvorakDepartment of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Spine Surgery Institute, 818 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1M9, Canada.
Brian K KwonInternational Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), University of British Columbia, Blusson Spinal Cord Centre, 818 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1M9, Canada.
Liang LiDepartment of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G2G2, Canada.
University of Alberta · CAUniversity of British Columbia · CAVancouver Spine Surgery Institute · CADalhousie University · CAHôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal · CAInternational Collaboration On Repair Discoveries · CAUniversité de Montréal · CAVictoria Hospital · CA

Funding

CIHR
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Suffering an acute spinal cord injury (SCI) can result in catastrophic physical and emotional loss. Efforts to translate novel therapies in acute clinical trials are impeded by the SCI community's singular dependence upon functional outcome measures. Therefore, a compelling rationale exists to establish neurochemical biomarkers for the objective classification of injury severity. In this study, CSF and serum samples were obtained at 3 time points (~24, 48, and 72 hours post-injury) from 30 acute SCI patients (10 AIS A, 12 AIS B, and 8 AIS C). A differential chemical isotope labeling liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (CIL LC-MS) with a universal metabolome standard (UMS) was applied to the metabolomic profiling of these samples. This method provided enhanced detection of the amine- and phenol-containing submetabolome. Metabolic pathway analysis revealed dysregulations in arginine-proline metabolism following SCI. Six CSF metabolites were identified as potential biomarkers of baseline injury severity, and good classification performance (AUC > 0.869) was achieved by using combinations of these metabolites in pair-wise comparisons of AIS A, B and C patients. Using the UMS strategy, the current data set can be expanded to a larger cohort for biomarker validation, as well as discovering biomarkers for predicting neurologic outcome.

Indexed as

MetabolomeMetabolomicsSeverity of Illness IndexAnimalsBiomarkersFemaleHumansMaleSpinal Cord InjuriesBiomarkers

Identifiers

PMID27966539
PMCPMC5155264
OpenAlexW2564254866

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