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ReviewJournal of lipid and atherosclerosis2020

Mitochondrial Fatty Acid Oxidation Disorders: Laboratory Diagnosis, Pathogenesis, and the Complicated Route to Treatment.

Ronald J A Wanders, Gepke Visser, Sacha Ferdinandusse, Frédéric M Vaz, Riekelt H Houtkooper

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Review in Journal of lipid and atherosclerosis, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 67 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ronald J A WandersLaboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Gepke VisserLaboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7618-6767
Sacha FerdinandusseLaboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7738-5709
Frédéric M VazLaboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9048-1041
Riekelt H HoutkooperLaboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9961-0842
Amsterdam University Medical Centers · NLEmma Kinderziekenhuis · NLUniversity Medical Center Utrecht · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitochondrial fatty acid (FA) oxidation deficiencies represent a genetically heterogeneous group of diseases in humans caused by defects in mitochondrial FA beta-oxidation (mFAO). A general characteristic of all mFAO disorders is hypoketotic hypoglycemia resulting from the enhanced reliance on glucose oxidation and the inability to synthesize ketone bodies from FAs. Patients with a defect in the oxidation of long-chain FAs are at risk to develop cardiac and skeletal muscle abnormalities including cardiomyopathy and arrhythmias, which may progress into early death, as well as rhabdomyolysis and exercise intolerance. The diagnosis of mFAO-deficient patients has greatly been helped by revolutionary developments in the field of tandem mass spectrometry (MS) for the analysis of acylcarnitines in blood and/or urine of candidate patients. Indeed, acylcarnitines have turned out to be excellent biomarkers; not only do they provide information whether a certain patient is affected by a mFAO deficiency, but the acylcarnitine profile itself usually immediately points to which enzyme is likely deficient. Another important aspect of acylcarnitine analysis by tandem MS is that this technique allows high-throughput analysis, which explains why screening for mFAO deficiencies has now been introduced in many newborn screening programs worldwide. In this review, we will describe the current state of knowledge about mFAO deficiencies, with particular emphasis on recent developments in the area of pathophysiology and treatment.

Indexed as

AcylcarnitinesCardiomyocytesFatty acid oxidationFatty acid oxidation disordersInborn errors of metabolismMitochondria

Identifiers

PMID33024728
PMCPMC7521971
OpenAlexW3088519211

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