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ArticleNutrients2023

Marica Franzago, Elena Orecchini, Annamaria Porreca, Giada Mondanelli, Ciriana Orabona, Laura Dalla Ragione, Marta Di Nicola, Liborio Stuppia, Ester Vitacolonna, Tommaso Beccari and 1 more

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Article in Nutrients, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Marica FranzagoDepartment of Medicine and Aging, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, "G. d'Annunzio" University, 66100 Chieti, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4830-8034
Elena OrecchiniDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, 06129 Perugia, Italy.
Annamaria PorrecaLaboratory of Biostatistics, Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, "G. d'Annunzio" University, 66100 Chieti, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3278-1561
Giada MondanelliDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, 06129 Perugia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0798-0465
Ciriana OrabonaDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, 06129 Perugia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3113-0572
Laura Dalla RagioneFood Science and Human Nutrition Unit, University Campus Biomedico of Rome, 00128 Rome, Italy.
Marta Di NicolaLaboratory of Biostatistics, Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, "G. d'Annunzio" University, 66100 Chieti, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1748-1931
Liborio StuppiaCenter for Advanced Studies and Technology, "G. d'Annunzio" University, 66100 Chieti, Italy.
Ester VitacolonnaDepartment of Medicine and Aging, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, "G. d'Annunzio" University, 66100 Chieti, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1756-661X
Tommaso BeccariDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia, 06126 Perugia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9637-6579
Maria Rachele CeccariniDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia, 06126 Perugia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5344-4890

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The incidence of eating disorders (EDs), serious mental and physical conditions characterized by a disturbance in eating or eating-related behaviors, has increased steadily. The present study aims to develop insights into the pathophysiology of EDs, spanning over biochemical, epigenetic, psychopathological, and clinical data. In particular, we focused our attention on the relationship between (i) DNA methylation profiles at promoter-associated CpG sites of the SCL6A4 gene, (ii) serum kynurenine/tryptophan levels and ratio (Kyn/Trp), and (iii) psychopathological traits in a cohort of ED patients. Among these, 45 patients were affected by restricting anorexia nervosa (AN0), 21 by purging AN (AN1), 21 by bulimia (BN), 31 by binge eating disorders (BED), 23 by unspecified feeding or eating disorders (UFED), and finally 14 by other specified eating disorders (OSFED) were compared to 34 healthy controls (CTRs). Results: Kyn level was higher in BED, UFED, and OSFED compared to CTRs (p ≤ 0.001). On the other hand, AN0, AN1, and BN patients showed significatively lower Kyn levels compared to the other three ED groups but were closed to CTRs. Trp was significantly higher in AN0, AN1, and BN in comparison to other ED groups. Moreover, AN1 and BN showed more relevant Trp levels than CTRs (p <0.001). BED patients showed a lower Trp as compared with CTRs (p ≤ 0.001). In addition, Kyn/Trp ratio was lower in the AN1 subtype but higher in BED, UFED, and OSFED patients than in CTRs (p ≤ 0.001). SCL6A4 DNA methylation level at CpG5 was lower in AN0 compared to BED (p = 0.021), and the CpG6 methylation was also significantly lower in AN0 in comparison to CTRs (p = 0.025). The mean methylation levels of the six CpGs analyzed were lower only in the AN0 subgroup compared to CTRs (p = 0.008). Relevant psychological trait EDI-3 subscales were correlated with biochemical and epigenetic data. Conclusions: These findings underline the complexity of psychological and pathophysiological components of EDs.

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Anorexia NervosaBinge-Eating DisorderBulimia NervosaFeeding and Eating DisordersDNA MethylationHumansKynurenineSerotonin Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsTryptophanKynurenineSerotonin Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsSLC6A4 protein, humanTryptophananorexia nervosabinge eatingbulimia nervosaDNA methylationeating disordersepigeneticskynureninesserotoninSLC6A4tryptophan

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PMID36678277
PMCPMC9866524

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