A review of metabolomics approaches and their application in identifying causal pathways of childhood asthma

KN Turi, L Romick-Rosendale, KK Ryckman… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Because asthma is a disease that results from host-environment interactions, an approach
that allows assessment of the effect of the environment on the host is needed to understand …

Plasma neurofilament light as a potential biomarker of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease

P Lewczuk, N Ermann, U Andreasson… - Alzheimer's research & …, 2018 - Springer
Background A growing body of evidence suggests that the plasma concentration of the
neurofilament light chain (NfL) might be considered a plasma biomarker for the screening of …

Metabolomics biomarkers for detection of colorectal neoplasms: a systematic review

V Erben, M Bhardwaj, P Schrotz-King, H Brenner - Cancers, 2018 - mdpi.com
Background: Several approaches have been suggested to be useful in the early detection of
colorectal neoplasms. Since metabolites are closely related to the phenotype and are …

Usage data and scientific impact of the prospectively established fluid bioresources at the hospital-based MedUni Wien Biobank

H Haslacher, M Gerner, P Hofer… - Biopreservation and …, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Background and Aim: It is increasingly recognized that biomedical research has serious
reproducibility issues, which could be overcome at least in part by standardized processing …

The role of sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), testosterone, and other sex steroids, on the development of type 2 diabetes in a cohort of community-dwelling …

P Gyawali, SA Martin, LK Heilbronn, AD Vincent… - Acta …, 2018 - Springer
Aims Contrasting findings exist regarding the association between circulating sex hormone-
binding globulin (SHBG) and testosterone levels and type 2 diabetes (T2D) in men. We …

[HTML][HTML] Laboratory sample stability. Is it possible to define a consensus stability function? An example of five blood magnitudes

RG Rioja, DM Espartosa, M Segovia… - Clinical Chemistry and …, 2018 - degruyter.com
Background: The stability limit of an analyte in a biological sample can be defined as the
time required until a measured property acquires a bias higher than a defined specification …

A critical evaluation of wet biomarkers for Huntington's disease: current status and ways forward

E Silajdžić, M Björkqvist - Journal of Huntington's disease, 2018 - content.iospress.com
There is an unmet clinical need for objective biomarkers to monitor disease progression and
treatment response in Huntington's disease (HD). The aim of this review is, therefore, to …

Rapid, reproducible, quantifiable NMR metabolomics: methanol and methanol: chloroform precipitation for removal of macromolecules in serum and whole blood

CE McHugh, TL Flott, CR Schooff, Z Smiley… - Metabolites, 2018 - mdpi.com
Background: Though blood is an excellent biofluid for metabolomics, proteins and lipids
present in blood can interfere with 1d-1H NMR spectra and disrupt quantification of …

Intra-individual alterations of serum markers routinely used in forensic pathology depending on increasing post-mortem interval

L Woydt, M Bernhard, H Kirsten, R Burkhardt… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Post-mortem biochemistry of serum markers has been the subject of numerous studies, but
in-situ marker stability after death has not been sufficiently evaluated yet. Such laboratory …

Seventy-five years of research on protein binding

A Dalhoff - Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
This review summarizes evidence that the impact of protein binding of the activity of
antibiotics is multifaceted and more complex than indicated by the numerical value of protein …