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ArticleMetabolites2019

Systems Biology and Multi-Omics Integration: Viewpoints from the Metabolomics Research Community.

Farhana R Pinu, David J Beale, Amy M Paten, Konstantinos Kouremenos, Sanjay Swarup, Horst J Schirra, David Wishart

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Article in Metabolites, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 301 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
301citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
28.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

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

301 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 667 citations in OpenAlex.

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241 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

7 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Farhana R PinuThe New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Private Bag 92169, Auckland 1142, New Zealand. farhana.pinu@plantandfood.co.nz.ORCID 0000-0002-0180-9341
David J BealeLand and Water, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Ecosciences Precinct, Dutton Park, Dutton Park, QLD 4102, Australia. david.beale@csiro.au.ORCID 0000-0002-9948-9197
Amy M PatenLand and Water, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Research and Innovation Park, Acton, ACT 2601, Australia. amy.paten@csiro.au.ORCID 0000-0003-0420-2155
Konstantinos KouremenosTrajan Scientific and Medical, Ringwood, VIC 3134, Australia. kkouremenos@trajanscimed.com.
Sanjay SwarupDepartment of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117411, Singapore. sanjay@nus.edu.sg.
Horst J SchirraCentre for Advanced Imaging, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia. h.schirra@uq.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0002-7541-246X
David WishartDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E8, Canada. dwishart@ualberta.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-3207-2434
CSIRO Land and Water · AUNational University of Singapore · SGPlant & Food Research · NZThe University of Melbourne · AUThe University of Queensland · AUUniversity of Alberta · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of multiple omics techniques (i.e., genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics) is becoming increasingly popular in all facets of life science. Omics techniques provide a more holistic molecular perspective of studied biological systems compared to traditional approaches. However, due to their inherent data differences, integrating multiple omics platforms remains an ongoing challenge for many researchers. As metabolites represent the downstream products of multiple interactions between genes, transcripts, and proteins, metabolomics, the tools and approaches routinely used in this field could assist with the integration of these complex multi-omics data sets. The question is, how? Here we provide some answers (in terms of methods, software tools and databases) along with a variety of recommendations and a list of continuing challenges as identified during a peer session on multi-omics integration that was held at the recent 'Australian and New Zealand Metabolomics Conference' (ANZMET 2018) in Auckland, New Zealand (Sept. 2018). We envisage that this document will serve as a guide to metabolomics researchers and other members of the community wishing to perform multi-omics studies. We also believe that these ideas may allow the full promise of integrated multi-omics research and, ultimately, of systems biology to be realized.

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data analysisdatabasesdata integrationexperimental designmathematical modelingmetabolic networkspathway analysisquantitative omicstranslational metabolomics

Identifiers

PMID31003499
PMCPMC6523452
OpenAlexW2938826237

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Registered trials

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