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Table 1 Survival prediction in human patients using model-specific metabolites

From: Metabolomics of oncogene-specific metabolic reprogramming during breast cancer

Value for met signature (no. of metabolites in signature)

P value (10)

P value (9)

P value (8)

P value (7)

Metabolites used in COX proportional hazard model

Normal

0.002

0.001

0.003

0.01

Citrate; nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+); gamma-glutamyltyrosine; S-adenosylhomocysteine (SAH); glycerophosphorylcholine (GPC); gamma-glutamylglutamate; choline phosphate; ribose; mannitol$; Isobar: ribulose 5-phosphate#, xylulose 5-phosphate*

Wnt1

0.79

0.786

0.72

0.63

2-Linoleoylglycerophosphoethanolamine; glycylleucine; margarate (17:0); creatine; 10-nonadecenoate (19:1n9); threonate; cytidine 5′-diphosphocholine; eicosenoate (20:1n9 or 11)$; lysine#; 2-hydroxyglutarate*

Neu

0.82

0.746

0.65

0.55

2-Linoleoylglycerophosphoethanolamine; N-acetylaspartate (NAA); pipecolate; glycerol 3-phosphate (G3P); dihomo-linoleate (20:2n6); dihomo-linolenate (20:3n3 or n6); stearoyl sphingomyelin; N6-acetyllysine$; trans-4-hydroxyproline#; docosapentaenoate (n3 DPA; 22:5n3)*

C3-TAg

0.009

0.03

0.02

0.02

Gamma-glutamyltyrosine; choline phosphate; Isobar: ribulose 5-phosphate, xylulose 5-phosphate; ribitol; gamma-glutamylalanine; thymine; maltotriose; ribulose$; choline#; 5-oxoproline*

PyMT

0.05

0.04

0.07

0.04

Gamma-glutamyltyrosine; S-adenosylhomocysteine (SAH); choline phosphate; stearoylcarnitine; phenyllactate (PLA); Isobar: ribulose 5-phosphate, xylulose 5-phosphate; cystine; N-acetylaspartate (NAA)$; gamma-glutamylalanine#; 2-hydroxyglutarate*

PyMT-DB

0.61

0.57

0.48

0.37

Ribose; maltose; margarate (17:0); 10-nonadecenoate (19:1n9); maltotriose; cytidine 5′-diphosphocholine; urea; glutathione, oxidized (GSSG)$; oleate (18:1n9)#; 10-heptadecenoate (17:1n7)*

  1. P values were calculated by fitting a Cox proportional hazard model using survival times as output and the indicated metabolites as input. P values that are < 0.05 are italicized
  2. *The metabolite not included in the 9 metabolite signature. See also Additional file 9
  3. #The metabolite not included in the 8 metabolite signature. See also Additional file 9
  4. $The metabolite not included in the 7 metabolite signature. See also Additional file 9