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Fig. 2

From: Caution in studying and interpreting the lupus metabolome

Fig. 2

An overview of the lipid alterations in SLE sera. This data was drawn from the study that interrogated the largest number of lipid metabolites in SLE [6]. Green: decreased in all patients or severe lupus. Red: increased in all patients or severe lupus. Black: no change in all patients or severe lupus. Bolded with asterisks: significantly changed in either mild or severe lupus (p < 0.05). Of the lipids listed in this figure, arachidonate, caproate, caprylate, eicosanoate, linolenate, stearate, EPA, DHA, linoleneate, myristate, oleate, and palmitoleate were also altered in the study by Shin et al. [10], as detailed in Table 2. LCFA long-chain fatty acids, MCFA medium-chain fatty acids, MUFA mono-unsaturated fatty acids, PUFA polyunsaturated fatty acid, SCFA short-chain fatty acids, SFA saturated fatty acids

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