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ArticleMetabolites2019

Metabolomics Identifies Novel Blood Biomarkers of Pulmonary Function and COPD in the General Population.

Bing Yu, Claudia Flexeder, Robert W McGarrah, Annah Wyss, Alanna C Morrison, Kari E North, Eric Boerwinkle, Gabi Kastenmüller, Christian Gieger, Karsten Suhre and 7 more

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Article in Metabolites, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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32citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 8 institutions in 3 countries.

Bing YuDepartment of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA. bing.yu@uth.tmc.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-4818-1077
Claudia FlexederInstitute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany. claudia.flexeder@helmholtz-muenchen.de.
Robert W McGarrahDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27713, USA. robert.mcgarrah@duke.edu.
Annah WyssEpidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA. annah.wyss@nih.gov.
Alanna C MorrisonDepartment of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Alanna.C.Morrison@uth.tmc.edu.
Kari E NorthDepartment of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. kari_north@unc.edu.
Eric BoerwinkleDepartment of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Eric.Boerwinkle@uth.tmc.edu.
Gabi KastenmüllerInstitute of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany. g.kastenmueller@helmholtz-muenchen.de.
Christian GiegerInstitute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany. christian.gieger@helmholtz-muenchen.de.
Karsten SuhreWeill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Education City, Doha, Qatar. kas2049@qatar-med.cornell.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-9638-3912
Stefan KarraschInstitute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany. stefan.karrasch@helmholtz-muenchen.de.
Annette PetersInstitute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany. peters@helmholtz-muenchen.de.
Gregory R WagnerDiscovery and Translational Sciences, Metabolon, Inc., Durham, NC 27713, USA. gwagner@metabolon.com.
Gregory A MichelottiDiscovery and Translational Sciences, Metabolon, Inc., Durham, NC 27713, USA. GMichelotti@metabolon.com.ORCID 0000-0002-3936-4675
Robert P MohneyDiscovery and Translational Sciences, Metabolon, Inc., Durham, NC 27713, USA. RMohney@metabolon.com.ORCID 0000-0002-9315-9541
Holger SchulzInstitute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany. schulz@helmholtz-muenchen.de.
Stephanie J LondonEpidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA. london2@niehs.nih.gov.ORCID 0000-0003-4911-5290
Helmholtz Zentrum München · DEMetabolon (United States) · USNational Institutes of Health · USThe University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · USBaylor College of Medicine · USDuke University · USUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USWeill Cornell Medical College in Qatar · QA

Funding

CHARGE Consortium: Omics Discovery for CVD and Aging PhenotypesR01HL105756 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI Bruce M Psaty, NICHOLAS L SMITH · 2011 to 2026
$9.5M
Genetics and Environment in Adult Respiratory, Allergic and Cardiac diseaseZIAES043012 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI LONDON, STEPHANIE · 2009 to 2025
$6.4M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL105756
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Determination of metabolomic signatures of pulmonary function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the general population could aid in identification and understanding of early disease processes. Metabolome measurements were performed on serum from 4742 individuals (2354 African-Americans and 1529 European-Americans from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study and 859 Europeans from the Cooperative Health Research in the Region of Augsburg study). We examined 368 metabolites in relation to cross-sectional measures of forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1), forced vital capacity (FVC), their ratio (FEV1/FVC) and COPD using multivariable regression followed by meta-analysis. At a false discovery rate of 0.05, 95 metabolites were associated with FEV1 and 100 with FVC (73 overlapping), including inverse associations with branched-chain amino acids and positive associations with glutamine. Ten metabolites were associated with FEV1/FVC and seventeen with COPD (393 cases). Enriched pathways of amino acid metabolism were identified. Associations with FEV1 and FVC were not driven by individuals with COPD. We identified novel metabolic signatures of pulmonary function and COPD in African and European ancestry populations. These may allow development of biomarkers in the general population of early disease pathogenesis, before pulmonary function has decreased to levels diagnostic for COPD.

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chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseforced expiratory volumemetabolomemetabolomicsrespiratory function tests

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PMID30939782
PMCPMC6523962
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