Journal
METABOLOMICS
Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages 50-63Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11306-014-0673-7
Keywords
Challenge tests; Perturbation; Statistical analysis; Review; Redefining health
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- Netherlands Metabolomics Centre (NMC), Netherlands Genomics Initiative/Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research
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Challenge tests are used to assess the resilience of human beings to perturbations by analyzing responses to detect functional abnormalities. Well known examples are allergy tests and glucose tolerance tests. Increasingly, metabolomics analysis of blood or serum samples is used to analyze the biological response of the individual to these challenges. The information content of such metabolomics challenge test data involves both the disturbance and restoration of homeostasis on a metabolic level and is thus inherently different from the analysis of steady state data. It opens doors to study the variation of resilience between individuals beyond the classical biomarkers; preferably in terms of underlying biological processes. We review challenge tests in which metabolomics was used to analyze the biological response. Specifically, we describe strategies to perform statistical analyses on the responses and we will show some examples of these strategies applied to a postprandial challenge that was used to study a diet with anti-inflammatory properties. Finally we discuss open issues and give recommendation for further research.
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