Plasma metabolomic profiling of amino acids and polar lipids in Iranian obese adults.
Minoo BagheriAbolghasem DjazayeryFarshad FarzadfarLu QiMir Saeed YekaninejadStella AslibekyanMaryam ChamariHossein HassaniBerthold KoletzkoOlaf UhlPublished in: Lipids in health and disease (2019)
A metabolomic profile containing 9 amino acids and 10 polar lipids may serve as a potential biomarker of adult obesity. Further studies are warranted to replicate these findings as well as investigate potential changes in this profile after weight reduction.