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ReviewCurrent opinion in biotechnology2018

Integrating bioinformatics approaches for a comprehensive interpretation of metabolomics datasets.

Dinesh Kumar Barupal, Sili Fan, Oliver Fiehn

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Review in Current opinion in biotechnology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Dinesh Kumar BarupalNIH West Coast Metabolomics Center, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, United States.
Sili FanNIH West Coast Metabolomics Center, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, United States.
Oliver FiehnNIH West Coast Metabolomics Center, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, United States; Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80203, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: ofiehn@ucdavis.edu.

Funding

West Coast Central Comprehensive Metabolomics Resource Core (WC3MRC)U24DK097154 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI FIEHN, OLIVER · 2012 to 2017
$9.9M
West Coast Metabolomics Center for Compound IdentificationU2CES030158 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI FIEHN, OLIVER · 2018 to 2021
$4.1M
Novel Metabolic Predictors of Diabetes in American IndiansR01DK107532 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI FIEHN, OLIVER, ZHAO, JINYING · 2016 to 2019
$3.0M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK107532NIDDK NIH HHS U24 DK097154NIEHS NIH HHS U2C ES030158
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Access to high quality metabolomics data has become a routine component for biological studies. However, interpreting those datasets in biological contexts remains a challenge, especially because many identified metabolites are not found in biochemical pathway databases. Starting from statistical analyses, a range of new tools are available, including metabolite set enrichment analysis, pathway and network visualization, pathway prediction, biochemical databases and text mining. Integrating these approaches into comprehensive and unbiased interpretations must carefully consider both caveats of the metabolomics dataset itself as well as the structure and properties of the biological study design. Special considerations need to be taken when adopting approaches from genomics for use in metabolomics. R and Python programming language are enabling an easier exchange of diverse tools to deploy integrated workflows. This review summarizes the key ideas and latest developments in regards to these approaches.

Indexed as

Databases, FactualAnimalsComputational BiologyData MiningHumansMetabolomeMetabolomics

Identifiers

PMID29413745
PMCPMC6358024

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