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ArticleJournal of pain and symptom management2021

Cerebrospinal Fluid Metabolomic Profiles Associated With Fatigue During Treatment for Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.

Austin L Brown, Pagna Sok, Olga Taylor, John P Woodhouse, M Brooke Bernhardt, Kimberly P Raghubar, Lisa S Kahalley, Philip J Lupo, Marilyn J Hockenberry, Michael E Scheurer

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Article in Journal of pain and symptom management, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Metabolic underpinnings of cancer-related fatigue.American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism · 2024
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  10. Application of Metabolomics in Childhood Leukemia Diagnostics.Archivum immunologiae et therapiae experimentalis · 2022
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  13. The predictive trifecta? Fatigue, pain, and anxiety severity forecast the suffering profile of children with cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Austin L BrownDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA. Electronic address: Austin.Brown@bcm.edu.
Pagna SokDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Olga TaylorDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
John P WoodhouseDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
M Brooke BernhardtDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Kimberly P RaghubarDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Lisa S KahalleyDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Philip J LupoDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Marilyn J HockenberryDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Michael E ScheurerDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Baylor College of Medicine · US

Funding

Integrative Molecular Epidemiology of Neurocognitive Outcomes in Acute Lymphoblastic LeukemiaK07CA218362 · NCI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI BROWN, AUSTIN L · 2018 to 2022
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NCI NIH HHS K07 CA218362
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

contextCancer-related fatigue (CRF) is one of the most distressing and persistent symptoms reported during pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) therapy; however, information on the pathways underlying CRF severity is limited.

objectivesWe conducted global metabolomics profiling of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples to provide insight into the underlying mechanisms of CRF.

methodsFatigue in pediatric ALL patients (2012-2017) was assessed during postinduction therapy approximately six months after diagnosis. Postinduction CSF was collected from 171 participants, comprising discovery (n = 86) and replication (n = 85) cohorts. We also conducted secondary validation using diagnostic CSF from 48 replication cohort participants. CSF metabolomic profiling was performed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (MS) and liquid chromatography-MS/MS. Kendall's rank correlation was used to evaluate associations between metabolite abundance and CRF. False discovery rate was used to account for multiple comparisons.

resultsParticipants were 56% males and 59% Hispanic with a mean age at diagnosis of 8.5 years. A total of 274 CSF-derived metabolites were common to the discovery and replication cohorts. Eight metabolites were significantly associated with fatigue in the discovery cohort (P < 0.05), of which three were significant in the replication cohort, including false discovery rate-corrected associations with gamma-glutamylglutamine (P

conclusionThe metabolites identified in our assessment have been implicated in neurotransmitter transportation and glutathione recycling, suggesting that glutamatergic pathways or oxidative stress may contribute to ALL-associated CRF. This information could inform targeted therapies for reducing CRF in at-risk individuals.

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Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaTandem Mass SpectrometryBiomarkersChildCohort StudiesFatigueFemaleHumansMaleMetabolomicsBiomarkersbiomarkerscancer-related fatiguecerebrospinal fluidmetabolomicsPatient-reported symptomspediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia

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PMID32889041
PMCPMC7914130
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