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ArticleMetabolites2021

Application of Sebum Lipidomics to Biomarkers Discovery in Neurodegenerative Diseases.

Stefania Briganti, Mauro Truglio, Antonella Angiolillo, Salvatore Lombardo, Deborah Leccese, Emanuela Camera, Mauro Picardo, Alfonso Di Costanzo

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Article in Metabolites, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Stefania BrigantiLaboratory of Cutaneous Physiopathology, San Gallicano Dermatological Institute-IRCCS, Via Elio Chianesi 53, 00144 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2000-006X
Mauro TruglioLaboratory of Cutaneous Physiopathology, San Gallicano Dermatological Institute-IRCCS, Via Elio Chianesi 53, 00144 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3046-3922
Antonella AngiolilloCentre for Research and Training in Medicine of Aging, Department of Medicine and Health Science "V. Tiberio", University of Molise, Via De Santis, 86100 Campobasso, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0158-3039
Salvatore LombardoCentre for Research and Training in Medicine of Aging, Department of Medicine and Health Science "V. Tiberio", University of Molise, Via De Santis, 86100 Campobasso, Italy.
Deborah LecceseCentre for Research and Training in Medicine of Aging, Department of Medicine and Health Science "V. Tiberio", University of Molise, Via De Santis, 86100 Campobasso, Italy.
Emanuela CameraLaboratory of Cutaneous Physiopathology, San Gallicano Dermatological Institute-IRCCS, Via Elio Chianesi 53, 00144 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6633-0449
Mauro PicardoLaboratory of Cutaneous Physiopathology, San Gallicano Dermatological Institute-IRCCS, Via Elio Chianesi 53, 00144 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4899-6639
Alfonso Di CostanzoCentre for Research and Training in Medicine of Aging, Department of Medicine and Health Science "V. Tiberio", University of Molise, Via De Santis, 86100 Campobasso, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6138-5640
San Gallicano Hospital · ITUniversity of Molise · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lipidomics is strategic in the discovery of biomarkers of neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs). The skin surface lipidome bears the potential to provide biomarker candidates in the detection of pathological processes occurring in distal organs. We investigated the sebum composition to search diagnostic and, possibly, prognostic, biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD). The observational study included 64 subjects: 20 characterized as "probable AD with documented decline", 20 as "clinically established PD", and 24 healthy subjects (HS) of comparable age. The analysis of sebum by GCMS and TLC retrieved the amounts (µg) of 41 free fatty acids (FFAs), 7 fatty alcohols (FOHs), vitamin E, cholesterol, squalene, and total triglycerides (TGs) and wax esters (WEs). Distributions of sebum lipids in NDDs and healthy conditions were investigated with multivariate ANOVA-simultaneous component analysis (ASCA). The deranged sebum composition associated with the PD group showed incretion of most composing lipids compared to HS, whereas only two lipid species (vitamin E and FOH14:0) were discriminant of AD samples and presented lower levels than HS sebum. Thus, sebum lipid biosynthetic pathways are differently affected in PD and AD. The characteristic sebum bio-signatures detected support the value of sebum lipidomics in the biomarkers search in NDDs.

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Alzheimer’s diseasebranched chain fatty acidscholesterolcognitive impairmentfatty acidomicsParkinson’s diseasesebaceous glandsqualenetriglycerideswax esters

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PMID34940576
PMCPMC8708591
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