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SynthesisScientific reports2023

Metabolome panels as potential noninvasive biomarkers for primary glomerulonephritis sub-types: meta-analysis of profiling metabolomics studies.

Amir Roointan, Maryam Ghaeidamini, Saba Shafieizadegan, Kelly L Hudkins, Alieh Gholaminejad

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Synthesis in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Systemic Proteome Profiling to Differentiate Primary Glomerular Diseases.Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN · 2026
    Article
  4. Review
  5. A Reproducibility Crisis for Clinical Metabolomics Studies.Trends in analytical chemistry : TRAC · 2024
    Article
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Amir RoointanRegenerative Medicine Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Hezar Jarib St., Isfahan, 81746-73461, Iran.
Maryam GhaeidaminiRegenerative Medicine Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Hezar Jarib St., Isfahan, 81746-73461, Iran.
Saba ShafieizadeganRegenerative Medicine Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Hezar Jarib St., Isfahan, 81746-73461, Iran.
Kelly L HudkinsDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, School of Medicine, Seattle, USA.
Alieh GholaminejadRegenerative Medicine Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Hezar Jarib St., Isfahan, 81746-73461, Iran. a.gholaminejad@res.mui.ac.ir.
Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · IRSeattle University · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary glomerulonephritis diseases (PGDs) are known as the top causes of chronic kidney disease worldwide. Renal biopsy, an invasive method, is the main approach to diagnose PGDs. Studying the metabolome profiles of kidney diseases is an inclusive approach to identify the disease's underlying pathways and discover novel non-invasive biomarkers. So far, different experiments have explored the metabolome profiles in different PGDs, but the inconsistencies might hinder their clinical translations. The main goal of this meta-analysis study was to achieve consensus panels of dysregulated metabolites in PGD sub-types. The PGDs-related metabolome profiles from urine samples in humans were selected in a comprehensive search. Amanida package in R software was utilized for performing the meta-analysis. Through sub-type analyses, the consensus list of metabolites in each category was obtained. To identify the most affected pathways, functional enrichment analysis was performed. Also, a gene-metabolite network was constructed to identify the key metabolites and their connected proteins. After a vigorous search, among the 11 selected studies (15 metabolite profiles), 270 dysregulated metabolites were recognized in urine of 1154 PGDs and control samples. Through sub-type analyses by Amanida package, the consensus list of metabolites in each category was obtained. Top dysregulated metabolites (vote score of ≥ 4 or ≤ - 4) in PGDs urines were selected as main panel of meta-metabolites including glucose, leucine, choline, betaine, dimethylamine, fumaric acid, citric acid, 3-hydroxyisovaleric acid, pyruvic acid, isobutyric acid, and hippuric acid. The enrichment analyses results revealed the involvement of different biological pathways such as the TCA cycle and amino acid metabolisms in the pathogenesis of PGDs. The constructed metabolite-gene interaction network revealed the high centralities of several metabolites, including pyruvic acid, leucine, and choline. The identified metabolite panels could shed a light on the underlying pathological pathways and be considered as non-invasive biomarkers for the diagnosis of PGD sub-types.

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GlomerulonephritisPyruvic AcidBiomarkersCholineHumansLeucineMetabolomeMetabolomicsBiomarkersCholineLeucinePyruvic Acid

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