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ArticleAnnals of clinical and translational neurology2019

Dimethyl fumarate treatment induces lipid metabolism alterations that are linked to immunological changes.

Pavan Bhargava, Kathryn C Fitzgerald, Swarajya L V Venkata, Matthew D Smith, Michael D Kornberg, Ellen M Mowry, Norman J Haughey, Peter A Calabresi

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Article in Annals of clinical and translational neurology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32 citing papers in PubMed, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pavan BhargavaDepartment of Neurology Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore Maryland.ORCID 0000-0002-7947-9418
Kathryn C FitzgeraldDepartment of Neurology Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore Maryland.
Swarajya L V VenkataDepartment of Neurology Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore Maryland.
Matthew D SmithDepartment of Neurology Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore Maryland.
Michael D KornbergDepartment of Neurology Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore Maryland.
Ellen M MowryDepartment of Neurology Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore Maryland.
Norman J HaugheyDepartment of Neurology Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore Maryland.
Peter A CalabresiDepartment of Neurology Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore Maryland.
Johns Hopkins University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: Identify metabolic changes produced by dimethyl fumarate (DMF) treatment and link them to immunological effects. Methods: We enrolled 18 MS patients and obtained blood prior to DMF and 6 months postinitiation. We also enrolled 18 healthy controls for comparison. We performed global metabolomics on plasma and used weighted correlation network analysis (WGCNA) to identify modules of correlated metabolites. We identified modules that changed with treatment, followed by targeted metabolomics to corroborate changes identified in global analyses. We correlated changes in metabolite modules and individual metabolites with changes in immunological parameters. Results: We identified alterations in lipid metabolism after DMF treatment - increases in two modules (phospholipids, lysophospholipids and plasmalogens) and reduction in one module (saturated and poly-unsaturated fatty acids) eigen-metabolite values (all Interpretation: This study demonstrates that DMF treatment alters lipid metabolism and that changes in fatty acid levels are related to DMF-induced immunological changes.

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AdultDimethyl FumarateFatty AcidsFemaleHumansLipid MetabolismLymphocyte CountMaleMetabolomicsMiddle AgedMultiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-RemittingT-Lymphocyte SubsetsDimethyl FumarateFatty Acids

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PMCPMC6331509
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