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ArticleCells2019

Biochemical Differences in Cerebrospinal Fluid between Secondary Progressive and Relapsing⁻Remitting Multiple Sclerosis.

Stephanie Herman, Torbjörn Åkerfeldt, Ola Spjuth, Joachim Burman, Kim Kultima

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Article in Cells, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
37citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

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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

37 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Stephanie HermanDepartment of Medical Sciences, Clinical Chemistry, Uppsala University, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden. Stephanie.herman@medsci.uu.se.ORCID 0000-0001-9382-3273
Torbjörn ÅkerfeldtDepartment of Medical Sciences, Clinical Chemistry, Uppsala University, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden. Torbjorn.akerfeldt@akademiska.se.
Ola SpjuthDepartment of Pharmaceutical Biosciences and Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, 751 24 Uppsala, Sweden. Ola.spjuth@farmbio.uu.se.ORCID 0000-0002-8083-2864
Joachim BurmanDepartment of Neuroscience, Uppsala University, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden. Joachim.burman@neuro.uu.se.
Kim KultimaDepartment of Medical Sciences, Clinical Chemistry, Uppsala University, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden. Kim.kultima@medsci.uu.se.ORCID 0000-0002-0680-1410
Uppsala University · SE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To better understand the pathophysiological differences between secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS) and relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), and to identify potential biomarkers of disease progression, we applied high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) to investigate the metabolome of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). The biochemical differences were determined using partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) and connected to biochemical pathways as well as associated to clinical and radiological measures. Tryptophan metabolism was significantly altered, with perturbed levels of kynurenate, 5-hydroxytryptophan, 5-hydroxyindoleacetate, and

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AdultCase-Control StudiesFemaleHumansKynurenineMaleMetabolomeMiddle AgedMultiple Sclerosis, Chronic ProgressiveMultiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-RemittingPhenylalaninePyrimidinesSerotoninTryptophanKynureninePhenylalaninePyrimidinesSerotoninTryptophancerebrospinal fluidmass spectrometrymetabolomicsmultiple sclerosispyrimidinetryptophan

Identifiers

PMID30678351
PMCPMC6406712
OpenAlexW2913578109

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