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Table 3

Summary of metabolomics studies conducted in AD human samples.

Sample Size Sample Source Platform Findings Ref.
AD(n = 22)
CN(n = 18)
Serum DIMS ↓PUFA-PCs;
↑SFA-PCs
(Gonzalez-Dominguez et al., 2012)
AD(n = 22)
CN(n = 18)
Serum DIMS ↓PUFA-PLs, valine, glutamine, N-acetyl-glutamine, glutamate, histidine, arginine, dopamine, carnitine, creatine;
↑SFA-PLs, free fatty acids, eicosanoids, triglycerides, choline, glycerophosphocholine, glucose
(Gonzalez-Dominguez et al., 2014e)
AD(n = 22)
CN(n = 18)
Serum DIMS ↓PUFA-PLs, oleamide, histidine, arginine, imidazole, taurine, guanidine, putrescine;
↑eicosanoids, diglycerides, kynurenine
(Gonzalez-Dominguez et al., 2014c)
AD(n = 19)
CN(n = 17)
Serum DIMS ↓PUFA-PLs, LPLs, plasmalogens;
↑SFA-PLs
(Gonzalez-Dominguez et al., 2014b)
AD(n = 30)
CN(n = 30)
Serum DIMS ↓Fatty acid amides, urea, creatine, malate, taurine, dopamine, serotonin;
↑ceramides, diglycerides, free fatty acids, alanine, picolinic acid
(Gonzalez-Dominguez et al., 2015a)
AD(n = 26)
CN(n = 26)
Plasma DIMS ↓Long-chain sphingomyelins;
↑ceramides
(Han XL et al., 2011)
AD(n = 90)
MCI(n = 77)
CN(n = 51)
Serum DIMS ↓Plasmalogens;
↑diglycerides
(Wood et al., 2016)
AD(n = 43)
MCI(n = 33)
CN(n = 35)
Plasma DIMS ↓Phosphatidylcholines;
↑lyso-phosphatidylcholines
(Klavins et al., 2015)
AD(n = 23)
CN(n = 21)
Serum GC-MS ↓Valine, urea, aspartate, pyroglutamate, glutamine, phenylalanine, asparagine, ornithine, pipecolate, histidine, tyrosine, palmitic acid, urate, tryptophan, stearic acid, cysteine;
↑lactate, α-ketoglutarate, isocitrate, glucose, oleic acid, adenosine, cholesterol
(Gonzalez-Dominguez et al., 2015b)
AD(n = 37
CN(n = 46)
Serum GC-MS ↑Glutamate (Orešič et al., 2018)
AD(n = 10)
MCI(n = 10)
CN(n = 10)
Plasma RP-MS ↓Lysophospholipid (18:1) (Sato et al., 2010)
AD(n = 10)
CN(n = 10)
Plasma RP-MS ↓Demosterol (Sato et al., 2012)
AD(n = 16)
MCI(n = 12)
CN(n = 10)
Plasma RP-MS ↑1-(9E-hexadecenoyl)-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine, d-glucosaminide, glycocholic acid, glycodeoxycholic acid, glycochenodeoxycholic acid (Greenberg et al., 2009)
AD(n = 20)
CN(n = 20)
Plasma RP-MS ↓Lysophosphatidylcholines, tryptophan, phytosphingosine, dihydrosphingosine, hexadecasphinganine (Li et al., 2010a)
AD(n = 36)
MCI(n = 48)
CN(n = 40)
Plasma RP-MS ↓Long chain cholesteryl esters (Proitsi et al., 2015)
AD(n = 205)
CN(n = 207)
Plasma RP-MS ↓Phosphatidylcholines
↑Ceramide
(Kim et al., 2016)
AD(n = 52)
MCI(n = 62)
CN(n = 59)
Plasma RP-MS ↓Phosphatidylcholines (Whiley et al., 2014)
AD/MCI(n = 35)
Converters(n = 18)
CN(n = 53)
Plasma RP-MS ↓Phosphatidylcholines, lyso-phospholipids, serotonin, phenylalanine, proline, lysine, taurine, acyl-carnitines, malate;
↑glycoursodeoxycholic acid, proline-asparagine
(Mapstone et al., 2014)
AD(n = 75)
MCI(n = 17)
CN(n = 45)
Serum RP-MS ↓PUFA-PLs, PUFA-SMs, sulfatides, monoglycerides, oleamide, histidine pregnenolone sulfate;
↑SFA-PLs, SFA-SMs, ceramides, acyl-carnitines, phenyl-acetyl-glutamine
(Raúl et al., 2016)
AD(n = 148)
CN(n = 152)
Plasma RP-MS ↓Cholesteryl esters, triglycerides;
↑phosphatidylcholine
(Proitsi et al., 2017)
AD(n = 175)
MCI(n = 356)
CN(n = 189)
Serum RP-MS ↓Acyl-carnitines, phosphatidylcholines, sphingomyelins;
↑valine, α-aminoadipic acid
(Toledo et al., 2017)
AD(n = 660)
MCI(n = 583)
Serum RP-MS ↑Sphinganine-1-phosphate, 7-ketocholesterol, 3-methoxytyrosine, deoxyribose-5-phosphate, p-phenyllactic acid, lyso-phosphatidylcholine;
↓phenylalanine, ornithine, glutamate
(Liang et al., 2016b)
AD(n = 46)
CN(n = 37)
Serum RP-MS ↓1-methylinosine, 16-bromo-9-hexadecenoic acid, lysophosphatidylcholines, dihydrosphingosine, N-acetyl-glutamine, 1α, 25-dihydroxy-2α-(3-hydroxypropoxy) vitamin D3;
↑palmitic amide, monoiodothyronine, antrimethyltridecanoic acid, PGE2α dimethyl amine, (6R)-vitamin D3 6, 19- (4-phenyl-1, 2, 4-triazoline-3, 5-dione)
(Cui et al., 2014)
AD_MCI(n = 19)
MCI(n = 16)
CN(n = 37)
Plasma HILIC-MS ↓4-amino-butanal, γ-aminobutyric acid, ornithine, N-acetyl-putrescine;
↑creatine, arginine, methylthioadenosine, N-acetyl-spermidine, N-diacetyl-spermine, putrescine, spermidine, spermine
(Graham et al., 2015)
AD(n = 42)
MCI(n = 14)
CN(n = 37)
Serum CE-MS ↓Creatine, asparagine, methionine, histidine, carnitine, N-acetyl-spermidine, valeryl-carnitine;
↑choline, creatinine, dimethylarginine, homocysteinyl-cysteine, acyl-carnitines, peptides
(Gonzalez-Dominguez et al., 2014a)
AD(n = 47)
MCI(n = 143)
CN(n = 46)
Serum RP-MS/
GC-MS
Baseline: ↓plasmalogens, phosphatidylcholines, sphingomyelins, sterols; ↑histamine
Progression: ↑2, 4-dihydroxybutanoic acid
(Orešič et al., 2011)
AD(n = 57)
MCI(n = 58)
CN(n = 57)
Plasma RP-MS/
GC-MS
↓Fatty acids, dimethylglycine, glutamate, uridine, glyceraldehyde, butanedioic acid, 2-butenedioic acid, 5-oxoproline, taurine, hypotaurine, malate;
↑glutamine, 2-aminoadipic acid, proline, cysteine, cytidine, thymine, hypoxanthine, carbohydrates, citrate
(Wang G et al., 2014)
AD(n = 30)
MCI(n = 30)
CN(n = 30)
Plasma RP-MS/
HILIC-MS
↓Sphingomyelins (Armirotti et al., 2014)
AD(n = 15)
MCI(n = 15)
CN(n = 15)
Plasma RP-MS/
HILIC-MS
Changes in more than 150 metabolites (amino acids, energy-related metabolites, lipids, neurotransmitters) (Trushina et al., 2013b)
AD(n = 3)
FTD(n = 4)
LBD(n = 3)
CN(n = 9)
Serum CE-MS ↑β-alanine, creatinine, hydroxyproline, glutamine, isocitrate, cytidine (Tsuruoka et al., 2013)
AD(n = 12)
CN(n = 5)
Whole brain MRS ↓N-acetyl-aspartate, γ-aminobutyric acid;
↑ glutamate
(Klunk et al., 1992)
AD(n = 13)
CN(n = 4)
Temporoparietal cortex MRS ↓N-acetyl-aspartate, creatine, γ-aminobutyric acid (Mohanakrishnan et al., 1995)
AD(n = 13)
CN(n = 4)
Hippocampus, cerebellum MRS ↓N-acetyl-aspartate, γ-aminobutyric acid (Mohanakrishnan et al., 1997)
AD(n = 8)
ALS(n = 11)
Frontal cortex NMR ↑Alanine, acetate, glutamate, glutamine;
↓lactate, creatine
(Botosoa et al., 2012)
AD(n = 15)
CN(n = 15)
Neocortex NMR ↑Alanine, taurine (Graham et al., 2014)
AD(n = 24)
CN(n = 6)
Superior frontal cortex, superior temporal cortex, inferior parietal cortex, cerebellum DIMS ↓Plasmalogens (Han et al., 2001)
AD(n = 17)
CN(n = 5)
Middle frontal gyrus, superior temporal gyrus, inferior parietal lobule, hippocampus, subiculum, entorhinal cortex DIMS ↓Sulfatides;
↑ceramides
(Han et al., 2002)
AD(n = 6)
CN(n = 8)
Superior frontal gyrus DIMS ↓Sulfatides (Cheng et al., 2013)
AD(n = 34)
MCI(n = 19)
CN(n = 28)
Frontal cortex grey matter, frontal cortex white matter DIMS ↓Plasmalogens, phosphatidylethanolamines, docosahexaenoic acid, phosphatidylethanolamines, sulfatides; ↑monoglycerides, diglycerides ;
↑monoglycerides, diglycerides, VLCFA 26:0
(Wood et al., 2015)
AD(n = 9)
CN(n = 9)
Hippocampus, entorhinal cortex, middle-temporal gyrus, sensory cortex, motor cortex, cingulate gyrus, cerebellum GC-MS Changes in 55 metabolites, including energy related metabolites (glucose metabolism, TCA), amino acids, nucleosides, and others (Xu et al., 2016)
AD(n = 10)
CN(n = 10)
Frontal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe RP-MS ↑Spermidine, spermine, N-acetyl-spermidine, N-acetyl-spermine, putrescine (Inoue et al., 2013)
ADI–II(n = 7)
ADIII–IV(n = 4)
ADV–VI(n = 5)
CN(n = 4)
Entorhinal cortex RP-MS ↓dGMP, glycine, xanthosine, inosine diphosphate, deoxyguanosine;
↑guanine
(Ansoleaga et al., 2015)
AD(n = 15)
CN(n = 15)
Neocortex HILIC-MS Seventy-six unidentified discriminant signals (Graham et al., 2013a)
AD(n = 21)
CN(n = 19)
Frontal cortex RP-MS/
HILIC-MS
Alterations in the metabolism of phospholipids and six metabolic pathways of the central metabolism: Alanine, Aspartate, and Glutamate Metabolism; Arginine and Proline Metabolism; Cysteine and Methionine Metabolism; Glycine, Serine, and Threonine Metabolism; Purine Metabolism; Pantothenate and CoA Biosynthesis (Paglia et al., 2016)
AD(n = 14)
asyAD(n = 15)
CN(n = 14)
Middle frontal gyrus
Inferior temporal gyrus
Cerebellum
RP-MS ↓Glucose (An et al., 2017)
AD(n = 14)
asyAD(n = 15)
CN(n = 14)
Middle frontal gyrus
Inferior temporal Gyrus
Cerebellum
GC-MS ↑Cholestenol, docosahexaenoic acid, carbamic acid, hexanedioic acid, ascorbate, gluconic acid, cysteine, L-DOPA, allantoin, coumaric acid, adenine, deoxyflurouridine, arginine, GABA;
↓cholesterol, linoleic acid, methyl-heptadecadiynoic acid, oleic acid, palmitic acid, dimethylglycine, guanidobutanoate, aminobutanal, aspartate, fumaric acid, linolenic acid, indoleacetic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid, hypoxanthine, oxoarginine, methyl-stearate, octadecanal
(Snowden et al., 2017)
AD(n = 15)
CN(n = 15)
Post-mortem CSF LCECA ↓Norepinephrine, α-tocopherols, 3-methoxytyramine, ascorbate;
↑5-hydroxytryptophan, methoxy-hydroxyphenyl glycol
(Kaddurah-Daouk et al., 2011)
AD(n = 34)
MCI(n = 19)
CN(n = 28)
CSF MS CSF: ↓docosahexaenoic (Wood et al., 2015)
AD(n = 20)
CN(n = 27)
CSF NMR Specific resonances in AD (unidentified) (Kork et al., 2009)
AD(n = 10)
CN(n = 34)
CSF NMR ↑Creatinine (Jukarainen et al., 2008)
AD(n = 76)
early_AD(n = 26)
MCI(n = 33)
CN(n = 45)
CSF NMR Phenylalanine, glutamate, lactate, acetate, α-hydroxyisovalerate, α-hydroxybutyrate (Laakso et al., 2015)
AD(n = 50)
CN(n = 50)
CSF DIMS ↑Sphingomyelins, phosphatidylcholines (Koal et al., 2015)
AD(n = 17)
CN(n = 17)
CSF RP-MS Fifty-three unidentified discriminant signals (Myint et al., 2009)
AD(n = 40)
MCI(n = 36)
CN(n = 38)
CSF RP-MS ↑Methionine, 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid, vanillylmandelic acid, xanthosine, glutathione, hypoxanthine (Kaddurah-Daouk et al., 2013)
AD(n = 23)
AD_MCI(n = 9)
sMCI(n = 22)
CN(n = 19)
CSF CE-MS ↓Arginine, suberylglycine, carnitine, histidine;
↑choline, valine, tripeptide, dimethylarginine, creatine, serine
(Ibanez et al., 2012)
AD(n = 79)
CN(n = 51)
CSF RP-MS/
GC-MS
↓Uridine;
↑cysteine, tyrosine, phenylalanine, methionine, serine, pyruvate, taurine, creatinine, cortisol, dopamine
(Czech et al., 2012)
AD(n = 40)
CN(n = 38)
CSF RP-MS/
GC-MS
Two unidentified discriminant signals (Motsinger-Reif et al., 2013)
AD(n = 21),
cMCI(n = 12)
sMCI(n = 21)
CN(n = 21)
CSF RP-MS/
HILIC-MS
Changes in levels of uracil, xanthine, uridine, tyrosyl-serine, methylsalsolinol, nonanoylglycine, dopamine-quinone, caproic acid, vanylglycol, histidine, pipecolic acid, hydroxyphophinyl-piruvate, creatinine, taurine, C16-sphingosine-1-phosphate, tryptophan, 5′-methylthioadenosine (Ibanez et al., 2013)
AD(n = 15)
MCI(n = 15)
CN(n = 15)
CSF RP-MS/
HILIC-MS
Changes in more than 150 metabolites (amino acids, energy-related metabolites, lipids, neurotransmitters) (Trushina et al., 2013a)
AD(n = 256)
CN(n = 218)
Saliva RP-MS ↓Inosine, 3-dehydrocarnitine, hypoxanthine;
↑sphinganine-1-phosphate, ornithine, p-phenyllactic acid
(Liang et al., 2015)
AD(n = 660)
MCI(n = 583)
Saliva RP-MS ↓Inosine, 3-dehydrocarnitine, hypoxanthine;
↑cytidine, sphinganine-1-phosphate, ornithine, p-phenyllactic acid, pyroglutamate, glutamate, tryptophan
(Liang et al., 2016a)
MCI(n = 20)
CN(n = 20)
Saliva RP-MS ↓Taurine, peptides, 1, 8-diazacyclotetradecane-2, 9-dione, 4-(hydroxylamino)-N, N-dimethylaniline;
↑2-amino-heptanoic acid/l-alanine-n-butyl ester/N-methyl-isoleucine
(Zheng et al., 2012)
AD(n = 3)
FTD(n = 4)
LBD(n = 3)
CN(n = 9)
Saliva CE-MS ↓Arginine, tyrosine (Tsuruoka et al., 2013)
AD(n = 46)
CN(n = 37)
Urine RP-MS ↓Acetyl-carnitine, estra-1, 3, 5(10), 7-tetraene-3, 17α-diol, p-cresol glucuronide, etiocholanolone glucuronide ;
↑N-acryloylglycine, argininosuccinic acid, dethiobiotin, isobutyryl-l-carnitine, 2-hydroxy-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-N, N-dimethyl-1-dodecanaminium, l-aspartyl-4-phosphate, l-glutamine, 5-l-glutamylglycine, azelaic acid, aminopterin, cytidine
(Cui et al., 2014)
AD(n = 31)
MCI(n = 15)
CN(n = 36)
Hair GC-MS ↑7β-hydroxycholesterol (Son et al., 2016)

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