ReviewMetabolites2020
Recommendations and Best Practices for Standardizing the Pre-Analytical Processing of Blood and Urine Samples in Metabolomics.
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95 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Machine Learning-Assisted FTIR Spectroscopy Analysis of Kidney Preservation Fluids for Delayed Graft Function Risk Stratification.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
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- Untargeted Metabolomics Profiling of a PFAS-Exposed Flemish Population.Metabolites · 2026Article
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Abstract
Metabolomics can be significantly influenced by a range of pre-analytical factors, such as sample collection, pre-processing, aliquoting, transport, storage and thawing. This therefore shows the crucial need for standardizing the pre-analytical phase with the aim of minimizing the inter-sample variability driven by these technical issues, as well as for maintaining the metabolic integrity of biological samples to ensure that metabolomic profiles are a direct expression of the in vivo biochemical status. This review article provides an updated literature revision of the most important factors related to sample handling and pre-processing that may affect metabolomics results, particularly focusing on the most commonly investigated biofluids in metabolomics, namely blood plasma/serum and urine. Finally, we also provide some general recommendations and best practices aimed to standardize and accurately report all these pre-analytical aspects in metabolomics research.
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