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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2019

Metabolomic Investigation of β-Thalassemia in Chorionic Villi Samples.

Giovanni Monni, Federica Murgia, Valentina Corda, Cristina Peddes, Ambra Iuculano, Laura Tronci, Antonella Balsamo, Luigi Atzori

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Giovanni MonniDepartment of Prenatal and Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis and Fetal Therapy, Ospedale Pediatrico Microcitemico "A.Cao", 09121 Cagliari, Italy. prenatalmonni@tiscali.it.ORCID 0000-0002-7386-5967
Federica MurgiaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Clinical Metabolomics Unit, University of Cagliari, 09121 Cagliari, Italy. federica.murgia@unica.it.
Valentina CordaDepartment of Prenatal and Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis and Fetal Therapy, Ospedale Pediatrico Microcitemico "A.Cao", 09121 Cagliari, Italy. cordavale@hotmail.it.
Cristina PeddesDepartment of Prenatal and Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis and Fetal Therapy, Ospedale Pediatrico Microcitemico "A.Cao", 09121 Cagliari, Italy. cristina.peddes@gmail.com.
Ambra IuculanoDepartment of Prenatal and Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis and Fetal Therapy, Ospedale Pediatrico Microcitemico "A.Cao", 09121 Cagliari, Italy. ambraiuculano76@gmail.com.
Laura TronciDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Clinical Metabolomics Unit, University of Cagliari, 09121 Cagliari, Italy. lauratronci90@gmail.com.
Antonella BalsamoDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Clinical Metabolomics Unit, University of Cagliari, 09121 Cagliari, Italy. antonella.balsamo1@teletu.it.
Luigi AtzoriDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Clinical Metabolomics Unit, University of Cagliari, 09121 Cagliari, Italy. latzori@unica.it.ORCID 0000-0002-0606-4959
Ospedale Microcitemico · ITUniversity of Cagliari · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBeta-thalassemias are blood disorders characterized by poorly understood clinical phenotypes ranging from asymptomatic to severe anemia. Metabolic composition of the human placenta could be affected by the presence of pathological states such as β-thalassemia. The aim of our study was to describe metabolic changes in chorionic villi samples of fetuses affected by β-thalassemia compared to a control group by applying a metabolomics approach.

methodsChorionic villi samples were differentiated according to the genetic diagnosis of β-thalassemia: control (Group 1,

resultsSupervised multivariate models were devised to compare the groups. The model resulting from the comparison between Group 1 and Group 3 was the most significant. Discriminant metabolites were identified, and the most altered pathways were as follows: pentose phosphate pathway (PPP), arachidonic acid metabolism, glycolysis, and gluconeogenesis, suggesting the presence of an energetic shift toward the PPP and the presence of oxidative stress in β-thalassemia chorionic villi samples.

conclusionsThe metabolomics approach identified a specific metabolic fingerprint in chorionic villi of fetuses affected by β-thalassemia.

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arachidonic acid metabolismchorionic villi samplesgas chromatography–mass spectrometrymetabolomicspentose phosphate pathwayβ-thalassemia

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