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Observational studyJournal of neurotrauma2020

A Pilot Study Assessing the Impact of rs174537 on Circulating Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and the Inflammatory Response in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury.

Charlotte Mae K Waits, Aaron Bower, Kelli N Simms, Bradford C Feldman, Nathan Kim, Susan Sergeant, Floyd H Chilton, Pamela J VandeVord, Carl D Langefeld, Elaheh Rahbar

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Observational study in Journal of neurotrauma, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Charlotte Mae K WaitsDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
Aaron BowerBowman Gray Center for Medical Education, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
Kelli N SimmsDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
Bradford C FeldmanDepartment of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
Nathan KimBowman Gray Center for Medical Education, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
Susan SergeantDepartment of Biochemistry, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
Floyd H ChiltonDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
Pamela J VandeVordVirginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
Carl D LangefeldDepartment of Biostatistics and Data Science, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
Elaheh RahbarDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
Wake Forest University · USVirginia Tech - Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering & Sciences · USUniversity of Arizona · US

Funding

Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (ROC) Data Coordinating CenterU01HL077863 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI MAY, SUSANNE · 2004 to 2015
$125.1M
Wake Forest Clinical and Translational Science AwardUL1TR001420 · NCATS · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI ARD, JAMY D, FOLEY, KRISTIE L · 2015 to 2023
$32.3M
Role of PUFA-Gene Interactions in Health DisparitiesR01AT008621 · NCCIH · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI FLOYD H CHILTON, Susan Schembre · 2016 to 2026
$5.4M
An Integrated Investigation of the Interaction Between PUFAs and Genetic Variants in Trauma and Critical CareK25HL133611 · NHLBI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI RAHBAR, ELAHEH · 2017 to 2021
$841k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001420NCCIH NIH HHS R01 AT008621NHLBI NIH HHS K25 HL133611NHLBI NIH HHS U01 HL077863
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability in persons under age 45. The hallmark secondary injury profile after TBI involves dynamic interactions between inflammatory and metabolic pathways including fatty acids. Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) such as docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) have been shown to provide neuroprotective benefits by minimizing neuroinflammation in rodents. These effects have been less conclusive in humans, however. We postulate genetic variants influencing PUFA metabolism in humans could contribute to these disparate findings. Therefore, we sought to (1) characterize the circulating PUFA response and (2) evaluate the impact of rs174537 on inflammation after TBI. A prospective, single-center, observational pilot study was conducted to collect blood samples from Level-1 trauma patients (N = 130) on admission and 24 h post-admission. Plasma was used to quantify PUFA levels and inflammatory cytokines. Deoxyribonucleic acid was extracted and genotyped at rs174537. Associations between PUFAs and inflammatory cytokines were analyzed for all trauma cases and stratified by race (Caucasians only), TBI (TBI: N = 47; non-TBI = 83) and rs174537 genotype (GG: N = 33, GT/TT: N = 44). Patients with TBI had higher plasma DHA levels compared with non-TBI at 24 h post-injury (

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AcyltransferasesAdultBiomarkersBrain Injuries, TraumaticFatty Acids, Omega-3Fatty Acids, UnsaturatedFemaleHumansInflammation MediatorsMaleMiddle AgedPilot ProjectsProspective StudiesAcyltransferasesBiomarkersfatty acid modifying enzymeFatty Acids, Omega-3Fatty Acids, UnsaturatedInflammation MediatorsFADS variationinflammatory cytokinesomega-3 fatty acidsrs174537TBI

Identifiers

PMID32253986
PMCPMC7462030
OpenAlexW3014378224

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