Metabolomics in the Diagnostics of Rare Disease
A special issue of Metabolites (ISSN 2218-1989). This special issue belongs to the section "Metabolomic Profiling Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 March 2022) | Viewed by 564
Special Issue Editor
Interests: metabolomics; diagnostics; malate aspartate shuttle; red blood cell metabolism
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The number of genetic (metabolic) diseases discovered through novel technologies is still expanding rapidly. Many of these diseases are rare or ultra-rare, challenging timely recognition and thereby diagnosis. Individual metabolites or multifactorial metabolic fingerprints that serve as a biomarker aid in rapid and accurate diagnosis. The possibilities offered by recent technical improvements in metabolic diagnostics are enormous, but some challenges that come along with rare diseases remain. For example, the limited access to clinical samples for discovery and validation hampers the implementation of artificial intelligence to disclose biochemical patterns.
This Special Issue is devoted to the most recent advances in metabolomics in the diagnostics of rare disease, and is now open for submissions. Topics that will be covered by this Special Issue include but are not limited to developments in novel metabolic diagnostic methods, the identification of metabolites with clinical relevance for patients with genetic (metabolic) disorders, the application of artificial intelligence in rare disease, and novel pathophysiological insights into genetic (metabolic) disorders. Reviews will also be considered. We are looking forward to receiving your submissions.
Dr. J.J.M. (Judith) Jans
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- untargeted metabolomics
- inborn metabolic disorder
- rare disease
- diagnostics
- metabolic fingerprint
