Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39987900›Full record

ArticleThe Korean journal of internal medicine2025

Altered polyunsaturated fatty acids and oxylipins profile in Behçet's disease.

Mohamed Kacem Ben-Fradj, Ines Naceur, Emna Talbi, Rahma Wada, Omar Feki, Monia Smiti-Khanfir, Moncef Feki

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in The Korean journal of internal medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Article
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

7 authors.

Mohamed Kacem Ben-FradjDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.
Ines NaceurDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.
Emna TalbiDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.
Rahma WadaDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.
Omar FekiDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.
Monia Smiti-KhanfirDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.
Moncef FekiDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.

Funding

Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Tunisia
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

aimsBehçet's disease (BD) is an autoinflammatory disease of unknown etiopathogenesis. Oxylipins i.e., prostaglandins, leukotrienes, lipoxins, resolvins, and protectins are bioactive polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) derivatives involved in inflammatory response induction and resolution. The study aimed to determine the profile of selected PUFAs and oxylipins and to define a lipidomic signature for BD.

methodsA case-control study was conducted involving thirty-five patients with BD and thirty-five age and sex-matched healthy individuals as a control group. Selected plasma PUFAs and oxylipins were analyzed using a targeted LC-MS/MS method.

resultsThe lipidomic profile was different between the two groups. BD patients showed higher levels of oxylipins deriving from either the n-6-arachidonic acid (i.e., prostaglandin D2, E2, F2α, and 6-keto-F1α, thromboxane B2, leukotriene B4, E4 and F4, and 6-epi and 15-epi-lipoxin A4) or n-3 PUFAs (i.e., 18-hydroxyeicosapentaenoic acid, 7,17-dihydroxy docosapentaenoic acid, protectin X, and resolvin D5), but decreased levels of both n-3 and n-6 PUFAs. Multivariate analyses selected the combination of four mediators, i.e., docosapentaenoic acid, prostaglandin E2, thromboxane B2, and lipoxin A4 as an accurate lipidomic signature for BD.

conclusionThe profile of PUFAs/oxylipins is altered in BD patients, characterized by increased pro-inflammatory and pro-resolving oxylipins. The findings suggest that oxylipin metabolism might be involved in BD pathophysiology and may represent a therapeutic target for the disease. Further research is required to examine the role of lipid mediators in BD.

Indexed as

Behcet SyndromeFatty Acids, UnsaturatedOxylipinsAdultBiomarkersCase-Control StudiesChromatography, LiquidFemaleHumansLipidomicsMaleMiddle AgedTandem Mass SpectrometryBiomarkersFatty Acids, UnsaturatedOxylipinsBehcet’s diseaseFatty acidsInflammation mediatorsOxylipins

Identifiers

PMID39987900
PMCPMC12081108

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.