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ArticleJournal of pain research2022

Metabolomics and Microbiomics: New Potential Strategies in Chronic Pain Syndrome.

Cristina Piras, Bruno Maria Pintus, Antonio Noto, Maurizio Evangelista, Vassilios Fanos, Mario Musu, Michele Mussap, Luigi Atzori, Salvatore Sardo, Gabriele Finco

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Article in Journal of pain research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 49% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Cristina PirasDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, 09042, Italy.
Bruno Maria PintusDepartment of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, 09042, Italy.
Antonio NotoDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, 09042, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3538-0050
Maurizio EvangelistaDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Cattolica University, Rome, 00168, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8438-3480
Vassilios FanosDepartment of Surgical Science, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, 09042, Italy.
Mario MusuDepartment of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, 09042, Italy.
Michele MussapDepartment of Surgical Science, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, 09042, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3417-1284
Luigi AtzoriDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, 09042, Italy.
Salvatore SardoDepartment of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, 09042, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7664-8928
Gabriele FincoDepartment of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, 09042, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3059-9865
University of Cagliari · ITUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic pain affects almost 20% of the European adult population and it significantly reduces patients' quality of life. Chronic pain is considered a multidimensional experience determined by the interaction of several genetic and environmental factors. The effect of specific genetic contributions is often unclear, and the interpretation of the results from studies focused on genetic influences on pain has been complicated by the existence of multiple pain phenotypes. A step forward from genetics could be given by the application of metabolomics and microbiomics tools. Metabolomics is a powerful approach for hypothesis generation in biology, and it aims to analyze low molecular weight compounds, either metabolic intermediates or metabolic end-products, resulting from human or microbial metabolism. Microbiomics is a fast-growing field in which all the microbes are examined together, and as a result, its perturbation may indicate the development of chronic diseases. By applying these methodologies for the study of chronic pain, several differences have been identified. The alteration of the choline-PAF pathway is an intriguing finding recognized by several groups. In our opinion, metabolomics and microbiomics techniques will allow significant progress into the medical field. Patients may benefit from the possibility of being stratified and classified based on their metabolic and microbial profile, which, in the next future, may lead to personalized therapy.

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biomarkerschronic painmetabolomicsmicrobiomicspain

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PMID35310896
PMCPMC8923834
OpenAlexW4220875695

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