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ReviewNature communications2019

Use cases, best practice and reporting standards for metabolomics in regulatory toxicology.

Mark R Viant, Timothy M D Ebbels, Richard D Beger, Drew R Ekman, David J T Epps, Hennicke Kamp, Pim E G Leonards, George D Loizou, James I MacRae, Bennard van Ravenzwaay and 4 more

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In one paragraph

Review in Nature communications, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 85 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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85citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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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

85 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Knowledge-Driven Approaches to Create the MTox700+ Metabolite Panel for Predicting Toxicity.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2022
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25 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

14 authors.

Mark R ViantSchool of Biosciences and Phenome Centre Birmingham, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK. m.viant@bham.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5898-4119
Timothy M D EbbelsImperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3372-8423
Richard D BegerUS FDA, NCTR, Jefferson, AR, 72079, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4380-2356
Drew R EkmanUS EPA, Athens, GA, 30605, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1649-379X
David J T EppsSchool of Biosciences and Phenome Centre Birmingham, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
Hennicke KampBASF SE, 67063, Ludwigshafen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1316-8756
Pim E G LeonardsVrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3052-8848
George D LoizouHealth and Safety Executive, Buxton, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9376-9243
James I MacRaeThe Francis Crick Institute, London, NW1 1AT, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1464-8583
Bennard van RavenzwaayBASF SE, 67063, Ludwigshafen, Germany.
Philippe Rocca-SerraOxford e-Research Centre, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QG, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9853-5668
Reza M SalekInternational Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8604-1732
Tilmann WalkBASF Metabolome Solutions, 10589, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6341-3107
Ralf J M WeberSchool of Biosciences and Phenome Centre Birmingham, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8796-4771

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/I000771/1Medical Research Council MR/M009157/1Medical Research Council MR/S019669/1World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metabolomics is a widely used technology in academic research, yet its application to regulatory science has been limited. The most commonly cited barrier to its translation is lack of performance and reporting standards. The MEtabolomics standaRds Initiative in Toxicology (MERIT) project brings together international experts from multiple sectors to address this need. Here, we identify the most relevant applications for metabolomics in regulatory toxicology and develop best practice guidelines, performance and reporting standards for acquiring and analysing untargeted metabolomics and targeted metabolite data. We recommend that these guidelines are evaluated and implemented for several regulatory use cases.

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Practice Guidelines as TopicEnvironmental MonitoringEnvironmental PollutionHazardous SubstancesHumansMetabolomicsResearch DesignToxicologyHazardous Substances

Identifiers

PMID31292445
PMCPMC6620295

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