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ArticleJournal of endocrinological investigation2023

Phenylacetylglutamine as a novel biomarker of type 2 diabetes with distal symmetric polyneuropathy by metabolomics.

J Xu, M Cai, Z Wang, Q Chen, X Han, J Tian, S Jin, Z Yan, Y Li, B Lu and 1 more

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Article in Journal of endocrinological investigation, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

J Xu *Department of Endocrinology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China.
M Cai *Department of Endocrinology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China.
Z WangDepartment of Emergency, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China.
Q ChenDepartment of Endocrinology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China.
X HanDepartment of Endocrinology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China.
J TianDepartment of Endocrinology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China.
S JinDepartment of Endocrinology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China.
Z YanDepartment of Endocrinology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China.
Y LiDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China.
B Lu *Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China.
H Lu *Department of Endocrinology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China. luhao403@163.com.
Shuguang Hospital · CNShanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNFudan University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81503552National Natural Science Foundation of China 81874434
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeType 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) with distal symmetric polyneuropathy (DSPN) is a disease involving the nervous system caused by metabolic disorder, while the metabolic spectrum and key metabolites remain poorly defined.

methodsPlasma samples of 30 healthy controls, 30 T2DM patients, and 60 DSPN patients were subjected to nontargeted metabolomics. Potential biomarkers of DSPN were screened based on univariate and multivariate statistical analyses, ROC curve analysis, and logistic regression. Finally, another 22 patients with T2DM who developed DSPN after follow-up were selected for validation of the new biomarker based on target metabolomics.

resultsCompared with the control group and the T2DM group, 6 metabolites showed differences in the DSPN group (P < 0.05; FDR < 0.1; VIP > 1) and a rising step trend was observed. Among them, phenylacetylglutamine (PAG) and sorbitol displayed an excellent discriminatory ability and associated with disease severity. The verification results demonstrated that when T2DM progressed to DSPN, the phenylacetylglutamine content increased significantly (P = 0.004).

conclusionThe discovered and verified endogenous metabolite PAG may be a novel potential biomarker of DSPN and involved in the disease pathogenesis.

Indexed as

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2Diabetic NeuropathiesPolyneuropathiesBiomarkersGlutamineHumansMetabolomicsBiomarkersGlutaminephenylacetylglutamineBiomarkerDistal symmetric polyneuropathyMetabolomicsPhenylacetylglutamineType 2 diabetes

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PMID36282471
PMCPMC10105673
OpenAlexW4307231802

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