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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 9.
Published in final edited form as: Sci Transl Med. 2020 Nov 25;12(571):eaaw0285. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaw0285

Table 1.

Prevalence of selected clinically relevant biomarkers in ISF, SBF and plasma in matched samples from 20 human participants.

Biomarker Prevalence of biomarker
ID levela Plasma ISF SBF
Clinical Markers
Bilirubin 1 100% 65% 100%
Carnosine 1 15% 90% 5%
Cortisol 1 100% 30% 80%
Creatine 1 100% 100% 100%
Creatinine 1 100% 100% 100%
Homocysteine 1 20% 55% 55%
Uric acid 1 100% 100% 100%
Vitamins and cofactors
All-trans-retinoic acid (Vitamin A) 1 85% 90% 25%
Thiamine (Vitamin B1) 1 80% 40% 95%
Lumazine (B2 synthesis intermediate) 1 100% 100% 100%
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) 1 90% 65% 100%
Lumichrome (Vitamin B5 derivative) 1 5% 100% 10%
Pyridoxamine (Vitamin B6 form) 1 85% 55% 100%
Pyridoxal (Vitamin B6 form) 1 45% 100% 10%
4-Pyridoxic acid (Vitamin B6 catabolic product) 1 20% 80% 5%
Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) 1 15% 100% 95%
Ergocalciferol (Vitamin D2) 1 5% 100% 0%
7-Dehydrocholesterol (Provitamin D3) 1 95% 100% 100%
Nucleotide-related metabolism
Hypoxanthine 1 100% 100% 100%
NAD 1 15% 25% 70%
Uridine 1 95% 100% 100%
Xanthine 1 85% 100% 100%
Fatty acids
Myristic acid (C14:0) 1 90% 100% 75%
Palmitoleic acid (C16:1) 1 90% 100% 55%
Stearic acid (C18:0) 1 75% 100% 15%
Arachidic acid (C20:0) 1 100% 100% 100%
Sterol metabolism
Cholic acid 1 90% 95% 100%
Glycocholic acid 1 100% 65% 100%

Prevalence among 20 samples

a

Metabolomics Standards Initiative (MSI) identification confidence level from Sumner et al. (71); Refer to table S4 for complete list