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ArticleCarcinogenesis2025

Urinary metabolites in association with kidney cancer risk.

Thuraya Al-Sayegh, Shuang Song, Loren Lipworth, Hui Cai, Qing Lan, Yutang Gao, Nathaniel Rothman, Qiuyin Cai, Wei Zheng, Xiao-Ou Shu

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Article in Carcinogenesis, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Thuraya Al-SayeghDivision of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37203, United States.
Shuang SongDivision of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37203, United States.
Loren LipworthDivision of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37203, United States.
Hui CaiDivision of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37203, United States.
Qing LanDivision of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute Rockville, MD 20892, United States.
Yutang GaoShanghai Cancer Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Renji Hospital, Shanghai 200032, China.
Nathaniel RothmanDivision of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute Rockville, MD 20892, United States.
Qiuyin CaiDivision of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37203, United States.
Wei ZhengDivision of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37203, United States.
Xiao-Ou ShuDivision of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37203, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-0711-8314

Funding

Tumor Immunology and Microenvironment Research ProgramP30CA068485 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI Ben Ho Park · 1995 to 2026
$172.8M
Shanghai Womens Health StudyUM1CA182910 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI ZHENG, WEI · 2014 to 2018
$5.9M
Shanghai Men's Health StudyUM1CA173640 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI SHU, XIAO-OU · 2013 to 2017
$4.9M
Vanderbilt Training Program in Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology of CancerT32CA160056 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI Xiao-Ou Shu · 2017 to 2026
$3.8M
Genetic Epidemiology of Cancer T32CA160056NCI NIH HHS P30 CA068485NCI NIH HHS T32 CA160056NCI NIH HHS UM1 CA173640NCI NIH HHS UM1 CA182910NIH HHS UM1 CA173640NIH HHS UM1 CA182910Survey and Biospecimen Shared ResourcesVanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center P30 CA68485Vanderbilt Training Program in Molecular
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Kidney cancer incidence has increased worldwide in recent decades. While metabolomic studies have shown promise in unveiling mechanisms underlying disease development, few studies have investigated prediagnostic urinary metabolites and kidney cancer risk. We conducted a case-control study nested within the Shanghai Women's and Men's Health Studies to prospectively investigate the association between urinary metabolites and kidney cancer risk to understand its etiology and the underlying biological mechanisms. Two hundred primary kidney cancer cases and their individually matched controls were included. A total of 1301 metabolites were evaluated, and 67 metabolites were found nominally associated with kidney cancer using conditional logistic regression. After backward selection, 11 urine metabolites remained significantly associated with kidney cancer: lipids (e.g. picolinoylglycine, odds ratio [OR]; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.01 [1.44, 2.79], and pregnanediol-3-glucuronide, OR; 95% CI: 0.56 [0.39, 0.82]), xenobiotics (e.g. beta-guanidinopropanoate, OR; 95% CI: 1.75 [1.32, 2.32] and 4-vinylphenol sulfate, OR; 95% CI: 0.66 [0.49, 0.90]), and nucleotides (e.g. allantoic acid, OR; 95% CI: 0.71 [0.54, 0.92]). Time lag analysis showed that metabolite-kidney cancer associations were stronger for beta-guanidinopropanoate (OR; 95% CI: 8.22 [1.68, 40.18]) and picolinoylglycine (OR; 95% CI: 6.45 [1.28, 32.43]), but weaker for allantoic acid (OR; 95% CI: 0.87 [0.37, 2.06]) and 3-methylglutarate/2-methylglutarate (OR; 95% CI: 0.62 [0.19, 2.00]) when urinary samples were collected within 3 years between urine sample collection and cancer diagnosis (Pinteraction < .05 for all). Future metabolomics studies with large sample sizes, particularly from multiple ancestry populations, are needed to validate our findings.

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Biomarkers, TumorKidney NeoplasmsAdultAgedCase-Control StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMetabolomicsMiddle AgedProspective StudiesRisk FactorsBiomarkers, Tumorcase controlkidney cancermetabolitesShanghai Men’s Health StudyShanghai Women’s Health Studyurine

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PMID40576378
PMCPMC12277705

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