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ArticleGigaScience2017

Lipidomics profiling reveals the role of glycerophospholipid metabolism in psoriasis.

Chunwei Zeng, Bo Wen, Guixue Hou, Li Lei, Zhanlong Mei, Xuekun Jia, Xiaomin Chen, Wu Zhu, Jie Li, Yehong Kuang and 5 more

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Article in GigaScience, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 133 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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133citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

133 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 241 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chunwei ZengBGI-Shenzhen, Beishan Industrial Zone, Yantian District, Shenzhen, China, 518083.
Bo WenBGI-Shenzhen, Beishan Industrial Zone, Yantian District, Shenzhen, China, 518083.
Guixue HouBGI-Shenzhen, Beishan Industrial Zone, Yantian District, Shenzhen, China, 518083.
Li LeiDepartment of Dermatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Xiangya Road #87 Changsha, Hunan, China, 410008.
Zhanlong MeiBGI-Shenzhen, Beishan Industrial Zone, Yantian District, Shenzhen, China, 518083.
Xuekun JiaDepartment of Dermatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Xiangya Road #87 Changsha, Hunan, China, 410008.
Xiaomin ChenBGI-Shenzhen, Beishan Industrial Zone, Yantian District, Shenzhen, China, 518083.
Wu ZhuDepartment of Dermatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Xiangya Road #87 Changsha, Hunan, China, 410008.
Jie LiDepartment of Dermatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Xiangya Road #87 Changsha, Hunan, China, 410008.
Yehong KuangDepartment of Dermatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Xiangya Road #87 Changsha, Hunan, China, 410008.
Weiqi ZengDepartment of Dermatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Xiangya Road #87 Changsha, Hunan, China, 410008.
Juan SuDepartment of Dermatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Xiangya Road #87 Changsha, Hunan, China, 410008.
Siqi LiuBGI-Shenzhen, Beishan Industrial Zone, Yantian District, Shenzhen, China, 518083.
Cong PengDepartment of Dermatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Xiangya Road #87 Changsha, Hunan, China, 410008.
Xiang ChenDepartment of Dermatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Xiangya Road #87 Changsha, Hunan, China, 410008.
BGI Group (China) · CNCentral South University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Psoriasis is a common and chronic inflammatory skin disease that is complicated by gene-environment interactions. Although genomic, transcriptomic, and proteomic analyses have been performed to investigate the pathogenesis of psoriasis, the role of metabolites in psoriasis, particularly of lipids, remains unclear. Lipids not only comprise the bulk of the cellular membrane bilayers but also regulate a variety of biological processes such as cell proliferation, apoptosis, immunity, angiogenesis, and inflammation. In this study, an untargeted lipidomics approach was used to study the lipid profiles in psoriasis and to identify lipid metabolite signatures for psoriasis through ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem quadrupole mass spectrometry. Plasma samples from 90 participants (45 healthy and 45 psoriasis patients) were collected and analyzed. Statistical analysis was applied to find different metabolites between the disease and healthy groups. In addition, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was performed to validate differentially expressed lipids in psoriatic patient plasma. Finally, we identified differential expression of several lipids including lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), lysophosphatidylcholine (LysoPC), phosphatidylinositol (PI), phosphatidylcholine (PC), and phosphatidic acid (PA); among these metabolites, LPA, LysoPC, and PA were significantly increased, while PC and PI were down-regulated in psoriasis patients. We found that elements of glycerophospholipid metabolism such as LPA, LysoPC, PA, PI, and PC were significantly altered in the plasma of psoriatic patients; this study characterizes the circulating lipids in psoriatic patients and provides novel insight into the role of lipids in psoriasis.

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AdultCase-Control StudiesFemaleGlycerophospholipidsHumansMaleMiddle AgedPsoriasisGlycerophospholipidsGlycerophospholipidLipidomicsMetabolomicsMS/MSPsoriasis

Identifiers

PMID29046044
PMCPMC5647792
OpenAlexW2751613356

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