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Table 2 Metabolic alterations in prostate cancer tissues compared to benign prostate tissues

From: Comprehensive metabolomics analysis of prostate cancer tissue in relation to tumor aggressiveness and TMPRSS2-ERG fusion status

Metabolite

Change in PC

Technique

BH p-valuea

BH p-value for mixed model

BH p-value for mixed model adjusted for percentage of epithelium

BH p-value for mixed model adjusted for percentage of malignancy

BH p-value for mixed model adjusted for percentage of epithelium and malignancy

Phosphocholine

1H HR MAS NMR

1.08 × 10− 07

2.53 × 10− 10

2.81 × 10− 08

1.22 × 10− 03

1.24 × 10− 04

Glutamate

1H HR MAS NMR

7.17 × 10− 07

2.26 × 10− 08

6.41 × 10− 07

5.91 × 10− 03

3.87 × 10− 04

Citrate

1H HR MAS NMR

6.66 × 10− 06

6.48 × 10− 08

1.97 × 10− 07

1.44 × 10−02

2.07 × 10− 02

Hypoxanthine

1H HR MAS NMR

4.68 × 10−08

1.58 × 10−08

1.11 × 10−05

5.91 × 10− 03

7.73 × 10− 05

Polyamines

1H HR MAS NMR

9.61 × 10− 05

6.16 × 10− 08

1.42 × 10−07

3.06 × 10− 03

1.22 × 10− 02

Inosine

1H HR MAS NMR

1.35 × 10− 05

1.07 × 10−04

5.06 × 10− 03

7.25 × 10− 02

1.02 × 10− 02

α-Glucose

1H NMR

8.89 × 10− 04

1.58 × 10− 08

2.09 × 10− 05

1.75 × 10− 02

1.24 × 10− 04

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+)

1H NMR

3.17 × 10− 03

3.81 × 10− 07

7.77 × 10−06

3.06 × 10− 03

1.87 × 10− 04

Arginine

1H NMR

8.89 × 10− 04

2.98 × 10− 06

5.46 × 10− 02

3.77 × 10− 01

1.41 × 10− 04

Succinate/Malate

1H NMR

2.40 × 10− 02

6.80 × 10− 03

6.67 × 10− 01

4.38 × 10− 01

1.80 × 10− 03

Lysophosphatidylcholine

31P NMR

1.44 × 10− 04

1.87 × 10− 02

3.16 × 10− 01

6.53 × 10− 01

4.31 × 10− 02

Phosphatidylethanolamine

31P NMR

5.50 × 10− 03

4.82 × 10− 04

1.49 × 10− 03

1.05 × 10− 02

5.87 × 10− 03

Sphingomyelin

31P NMR

1.01 × 10− 03

4.22 × 10− 05

2.12 × 10− 04

8.34 × 10− 03

3.20 × 10− 03

Uracil

LC-MS (+)

9.69 × 10− 05

2.98 × 10− 06

3.59 × 10− 05

1.71 × 10− 02

1.42 × 10− 03

Docosapentaenoic acid (22:5)

LC-MS (−)

5.01 × 10− 05

3.81 × 10− 07

3.38 × 10− 04

1.44 × 10− 02

7.73 × 10− 05

Oleic acid (18:1)

LC-MS (−)

9.32 × 10− 05

3.52 × 10− 06

1.09 × 10− 03

4.22 × 10− 03

9.63 × 10− 05

Linoleic acid (18:2)

LC-MS (−)

2.29 × 10− 04

1.45 × 10− 05

3.14 × 10− 03

1.05 × 10− 02

1.53 × 10− 04

Docosahexaenoic acid (22:6)

LC-MS (−)

1.25 × 10− 03

9.69 × 10− 04

7.92 × 10− 02

2.86 × 10− 02

7.66 × 10− 04

Maleic acid

LC-MS (−)

9.32 × 10− 05

5.63 × 10− 07

2.96 × 10− 05

2.71 × 10− 01

6.19 × 10− 02

Malic acid (Fumarate)

LC-MS (−)

2.92 × 10− 03

6.86 × 10− 03

3.20 × 10− 02

2.71 × 10− 01

3.90 × 10− 02

  1. BH Benjamini–Hochberg multiple testing correction; a nonparametric t-test