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ReviewNPJ genomic medicine2025

Review: Utility of mass spectrometry in rare disease research and diagnosis.

Teresa Zhao, Daniella H Hock, James Pitt, David R Thorburn, David A Stroud, John Christodoulou

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Review in NPJ genomic medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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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

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Mainstreaming genomic testing for mitochondrial disease in Australia.European journal of human genetics : EJHG · 2026
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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

6 authors.

Teresa ZhaoMurdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3445-3898
Daniella H HockMurdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6940-4420
James PittMurdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7021-3210
David R ThorburnMurdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7725-9470
David A Stroud *Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. david.stroud@unimelb.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2048-3383
John Christodoulou *Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. john.christodoulou@mcri.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8431-0641

Funding

Australian Genomics Health Alliance (Australian Genomics) NHMRC Targeted Call for Research grant GNT1113531Australian Medical Research Future Fund Genomics Health Futures Missions 2007567Australian Medical Research Future Fund Genomics Health Futures Missions 2007959Australian Medical Research Future Fund Genomics Health Futures Missions 2016030the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Investigator Fellowship 2009732the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Principal Research Fellowship 1155244
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Individuals affected by a rare disease often experience a long and arduous diagnostic odyssey. Delivery of genetic answers in a timely manner is critical to affected individuals and their families. Multi-omics, a term which usually encompasses genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics and lipidomics, has gained increasing popularity in rare disease research and diagnosis over the past decade. Mass spectrometry (MS) is a technique allowing the study of proteins, metabolites and lipids and their fragments at scale, enabling researchers to effectively determine the presence and abundance of thousands of molecules in a single test, accurately quantify their specific levels, identify potential therapeutic biomarkers, detect differentially expressed proteins in patients with rare diseases, and monitor disease progression and treatment response. In this review, we focus on mass spectrometry (MS)-based omics and survey the literature describing the utility of different MS-based omics and how they have transformed rare disease research and diagnosis.

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PMID40164634
PMCPMC11958806

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