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ReviewMolecular diagnosis & therapy2020

The Role of Lipidomics in Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Afaf El-Ansary, Salvatore Chirumbolo, Ramesa Shafi Bhat, Maryam Dadar, Eiman M Ibrahim, Geir Bjørklund

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Review in Molecular diagnosis & therapy, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
28citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. From Genetics to Function: the Role of ABCA12 in Autism Neurobiology.Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN · 2025
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  17. The expanding organelle lipidomes: current knowledge and challenges.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2023
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  20. Protective Mechanism ofFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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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 at 4 institutions in 5 countries.

Afaf El-AnsaryCentral Laboratory, Female Centre for Scientific and Medical Studies, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Salvatore ChirumboloDepartment of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Ramesa Shafi BhatBiochemistry Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Maryam DadarRazi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Karaj, Iran.
Eiman M IbrahimCentral Laboratory, Female Centre for Scientific and Medical Studies, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Geir BjørklundCouncil for Nutritional and Environmental Medicine (CONEM), Toften 24, 8610, Mo i Rana, Norway. bjorklund@conem.org.ORCID 0000-0003-2632-3935
King Saud University · SARazi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute · IRThe Research Council of Norway · NOUniversity of Verona · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental syndrome commonly diagnosed in early childhood; it is usually characterized by impairment in reciprocal communication and speech, repetitive behaviors, and social withdrawal with loss in communication skills. Its development may be affected by a variety of environmental and genetic factors. Trained physicians diagnose and evaluate the severity of ASD based on clinical evaluations of observed behaviors. As such, this approach is inevitably dependent on the expertise and subjective assessment of those administering the clinical evaluations. There is a need to identify objective biological markers associated with diagnosis or clinical severity of the disorder. Several important issues and concerns exist regarding the diagnostic competence of the many abnormal plasma metabolites produced in the different biochemical pathways evaluated in individuals with ASD. The search for high-performing bio-analytes to diagnose and follow-up ASD development is still a major target in medicine. Dysregulation in the oxidative stress response and proinflammatory processes are major etiological causes of ASD pathogenesis. Furthermore, dicarboxylic acid metabolites, cholesterol-related metabolites, phospholipid-related metabolites, and lipid transporters and mediators are impaired in different pathological conditions that have a role in the ASD etiology. A mechanism may exist by which pro-oxidant environmental stressors and abnormal metabolites regulate clinical manifestations and development of ASD.

Indexed as

BiomarkersLipidomicsAutism Spectrum DisorderCarrier ProteinsChildChild, PreschoolDisease SusceptibilityHumansLipid MetabolismMembrane LipidsOxidative StressPhospholipidsPrognosisSphingolipidsBiomarkersCarrier Proteinslipid transfer proteinMembrane LipidsPhospholipidsSphingolipids

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PMID31691195
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