Table 1.
Disease type | Reference | No. of patient | Biological matrix | Research aim | Analytical platform | Potential biomarkers | Key pathways |
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Hepatolithiasis | Cong Wang et al.475 | 30 | Serum | Phenotype | UPLC-MS |
18-β-Glycyrrhetinic acid, PC (4:0/16:2) |
Taurine and hypotaurine metabolism, bile secretion |
Traumatic brain injury | Elani A. Bykowski et al.478 | 8 | Urine | Phenotype | NMR |
Homovanillate, L-methionine, thymine |
Purine metabolism |
COVID-19 | Laura Ansone et al.477 | 32 | Serum | Phenotype | LC-MS | L-phenylalanine, tyrosine | Tryptophan and arginine metabolism |
Asthma | Ying Liu et al.473 | 119 | Sputum | Phenotype | UPLC-MS | Adenosine 5′-monophosphate, allantoin, nicotinamide | Histidine metabolism, nicotinate, nicotinamide metabolism |
Diabetic kidney disease | Shijia Liu et al.526 | 1513 | Serum | diagnosis | GC-MS | Glycerol-3-galactoside | Galactose metabolism, glycerolipid metabolism |
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease | Xuemei Wang et al.519 | 149 | Serum | diagnosis | UPLC-MS | Theophylline, 2-hydroxyphenylacetic acid, lysophosphatidylcholine (24:1(15Z)) | Caffeine metabolism, choline metabolism and sphingolipid metabolism |
Tuberculosis | Xin Hu et al.520 | 64 | Plasma | diagnosis | UPLC-MS |
9-OxoODE, DL-Norvaline, Ethyl 3-hydroxybutyrate |
Lipid synthesis and biosynthesis of glutathione |
Breast cancer | Rui An et al.521 | 216 | Plasma | diagnosis | UPLC-MS | Sphingomyelins, glutamate, cysteine | Alanine, aspartate and glutamate pathways, glutamine metabolic pathway |
Oral squamous cell carcinoma | Xibo Li et al.524 | 72 | Plasma | diagnosis | UPLC-MS | Decanoylcarnitine, cysteine, cholic acid | Cholic and amino acid metabolism |
Salivary gland tumors | Mengmeng Wu et al.544 | 30 | Serum | Classification | UPLC-MS | Serine, lactic acid | Metabolism of fats and fatty acids, anaerobic glycolysis |
Endometrial diseases | Xingxu Yan et al.552 | 326 | Serum | Classification | UPLC-MS |
6-ketoPGF1α, PA(37:4), LysoPC(20:1) |
Glycerophospholipid metabolism |
Papillary thyroid cancer | Shuang Yu et al.550 | 148 | Plasma | Classification | UPLC-MS | Capryloylglycine, valeric acid, triethanolamine, imidazoleacetic acid, etc. | |
COVID-19 | AlbertoValdés et al.551 | 145 | Plasma | Classification | HPLC-MS |
3-Hydroxibutirate, linoleic acid, LPC (14:0 and 18:2), LPE (22:6), kynurenic acid |
Metabolism of carnitines, ketone bodies, fatty acids, and lysophosphatidylcholines |
Bladder Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Renal Cell Carcinoma | Sujin Lee et al.554 |
24, 29, 12 |
Urine | Classification | NMR |
4-Hydroxybenzoate, N-methylhydantoin,creatinine, glutamine, acetate |
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Coronary atherosclerotic heart disease | Yuxuan Fan et al.547 | 60 | Serum | Classification | UPLC-MS |
5-Cholesten-3β, N-Acetyl-lysine, tyramine, biliverdin, urocanate, etc. |
Energy, lipid m and amino acid metabolism |
COVID-19 | IvaylaRoberts et al.577 | 120 | Serum | Prognosis | UPLC-MS | Deoxycytidine, ureidopropionate, kynurenine, multiple short chain acylcarnitines | Pyrimidine, kynurenine, and energy metabolism |
Type 2 diabetes mellitus | Julia Brunmair et al.580 | 8 | Sweat, tear fuid | Prognosis | HPLC-MS | Nicotinic acid, taurine | |
Acute ischemic stroke | Chaofu Ke et al.579 | 143 | Blood | Prognosis | HPLC-MS |
LysoPC(18:1), Lys Val Phe Lys, LysoPC(18:2), PS(O-18:0/0:0) |
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COVID-19 | Victòria Ceperuelo-Mallafre et al.575 | 273 | Serum | Prognosis | GC-MS | Pyruvate, lactate, succinate, a-ketoglutarate | Krebs cycle |
COVID-19 | Lucas Barbosa Oliveira et al.537 | 242 | Plasma | Prognosis | HESI-Q-Orbitrap | Cholesteryl ester CE (18:3) | Glycerophospholipid and porphyrin metabolism |
Neuroblastoma | Sebastiano Barco et al.578 | 172 | Plasma | Prognosis | HRMS | 3-O-methyldopa | |
Colorectal Cancer | Xinyi Shen et al.581 | 197 | Tissues | Prognosis | UPLC-MS, HPLC-MS | Asparagine, serine | Asparagine synthesis pathway, serine metabolism |
Allergic rhinitis | Rui-Li Yu et al.619 | 43 | Serum | Treatment | GC-MS | Hypotaurine, taurine, L-alanine, | Taurine and hypotaurine metabolism, and alanine metabolism |
Epileptic spasms | Jingya Yan et al.621 | 34 | Cerebrospinal fluid | Treatment | LC-MS |
Kynurenic acid, 3-hydroxykynurenine, xanthurenic acid, anthranilic acid, quinolinic acid, picolinic acid, etc. |
Kynurenine pathway |
Rheumatoid arthritis | Matthew R. Medcalf et al.624 | 20 | Plasma | Treatment | GC-MS |
N-methylisoleucine, 2,3-dihydroxybutanoic acid |
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Schizophrenia | Xiaoni Guan et al.622 | 25 | Plasma | Treatment | UPLC-MS | Methyl n-formylanthranilate | Kynurenine pathway of tryptophan metabolism |
Psoriasis vulgaris | Dan Dai et al.623 | 88 | Blood | Treatment | UPLC-MS |
SM (d16: 0/17:1), SM (d19:1/20:0), Cer (d18:1/18:0), PC (18:0/22:4), PC (20:0/22:4) |
Lipid metabolism dysfunction |
Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy | Yinchen Shen et al.620 | 93 | Serum | Treatment | UPLC-MS | Dacylglycerophosphocholines, lysophosphatidylcholine, fatty acids, phosphocholine | Lysophosphatidylcholine and diacylglycerophosphocholine metabolism |
Breast cancer | Ehsan Irajizad et al.617 | 88 | Plasma | Treatment | UPLC-MS | Polyamines | |
Bladder Cancer | Juntao Zhuang et al.618 | 18 | Serum | Treatment | NMR, UPLC-MS | Glutamine, glutamate, hypoxanthine | Amino acid pathways |
Colorectal cancer | Yu Yuan et al.676 | 30 | Serum | Function | UPLC-MS | Glycodeoxycholic acid | Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 |
Breast cancer | Yi Xiao et al.22 | 330 | Tissues | Function | LC-MS | Sphingosine-1-phosphate | Ceramide pathway |
Acute traumatic brain injury | Ilias Thomas et al.673 | 716 | Serum | Function | UPLC-MS | Lysophosphatidylcholines, ether phosphatidylcholines, sphingomyelins | |
Type 2 diabetes | Maria Giovanna Scarale et al.675 | 279 | Serum | Function | LC-MS | Hexanoylcarnitine, kynurenine, tryptophan | |
Kawasaki disease | Qiongjun Zhu et al.674 | 79 | Blood | Function | LC-MS | Palmitic acid | Generation of reactive oxygen species |
Aortic aneurysm | Hongtu Cui et al.164 | 1705 | Plasma | Function | UPLC-MS | Succinate | p38a/CREB/OGDH axis |
UPLC-MS ultra performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry, NMR nuclear magnetic resonance, LC-MS liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry, GC-MS gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry