Skip to main content
Top
Published in: Current Obesity Reports 3/2020

Open Access 01-09-2020 | Obesity | Metabolism (M Dalamaga, Section Editor)

Omics Biomarkers in Obesity: Novel Etiological Insights and Targets for Precision Prevention

Authors: Krasimira Aleksandrova, Caue Egea Rodrigues, Anna Floegel, Wolfgang Ahrens

Published in: Current Obesity Reports | Issue 3/2020

Login to get access

Abstract

Purpose of Review

Omics-based technologies were suggested to provide an advanced understanding of obesity etiology and its metabolic consequences. This review highlights the recent developments in “omics”-based research aimed to identify obesity-related biomarkers.

Recent Findings

Recent advances in obesity and metabolism research increasingly rely on new technologies to identify mechanisms in the development of obesity using various “omics” platforms. Genetic and epigenetic biomarkers that translate into changes in transcriptome, proteome, and metabolome could serve as targets for obesity prevention. Despite a number of promising candidate biomarkers, there is an increased demand for larger prospective cohort studies to validate findings and determine biomarker reproducibility before they can find applications in primary care and public health.

Summary

“Omics” biomarkers have advanced our knowledge on the etiology of obesity and its links with chronic diseases. They bring substantial promise in identifying effective public health strategies that pave the way towards patient stratification and precision prevention.
Literature
9.
go back to reference Martorell-Marugan J, Tabik S, Benhammou Y, del Val C, Zwir I, Herrera F, et al. Deep learning in omics data analysis and precision medicine. In: Husi H, editor. Computational biology. Brisbane (AU)2019. Martorell-Marugan J, Tabik S, Benhammou Y, del Val C, Zwir I, Herrera F, et al. Deep learning in omics data analysis and precision medicine. In: Husi H, editor. Computational biology. Brisbane (AU)2019.
35.
40.
go back to reference Lafortuna CL, Tovar AR, Rastelli F, Tabozzi SA, Caramenti M, Orozco-Ruiz X, et al. Clinical, functional, behavioural and epigenomic biomarkers of obesity. Front Biosci (Landmark Ed). 2017;22:1655–81. doi: https://doi.org/10.2741/4564. Lafortuna CL, Tovar AR, Rastelli F, Tabozzi SA, Caramenti M, Orozco-Ruiz X, et al. Clinical, functional, behavioural and epigenomic biomarkers of obesity. Front Biosci (Landmark Ed). 2017;22:1655–81. doi: https://​doi.​org/​10.​2741/​4564.
46.
go back to reference Homuth G, Wahl S, Muller C, Schurmann C, Mader U, Blankenberg S, et al. Extensive alterations of the whole-blood transcriptome are associated with body mass index: results of an mRNA profiling study involving two large population-based cohorts. BMC Med Genet. 2015;8:65. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12920-015-0141-x.CrossRef Homuth G, Wahl S, Muller C, Schurmann C, Mader U, Blankenberg S, et al. Extensive alterations of the whole-blood transcriptome are associated with body mass index: results of an mRNA profiling study involving two large population-based cohorts. BMC Med Genet. 2015;8:65. https://​doi.​org/​10.​1186/​s12920-015-0141-x.CrossRef
53.
go back to reference Klimcakova E, Roussel B, Marquez-Quinones A, Kovacova Z, Kovacikova M, Combes M, et al. Worsening of obesity and metabolic status yields similar molecular adaptations in human subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue: decreased metabolism and increased immune response. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2011;96(1):E73–82. https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2010-1575.CrossRefPubMed Klimcakova E, Roussel B, Marquez-Quinones A, Kovacova Z, Kovacikova M, Combes M, et al. Worsening of obesity and metabolic status yields similar molecular adaptations in human subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue: decreased metabolism and increased immune response. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2011;96(1):E73–82. https://​doi.​org/​10.​1210/​jc.​2010-1575.CrossRefPubMed
66.
74.
90.
go back to reference Bertozzi CR, Rabuka D. Structural basis of glycan diversity. In: nd, Varki A, Cummings RD, Esko JD, Freeze HH, Stanley P, et al., editors. Essentials of glycobiology. Cold Spring Harbor (NY)2009. Bertozzi CR, Rabuka D. Structural basis of glycan diversity. In: nd, Varki A, Cummings RD, Esko JD, Freeze HH, Stanley P, et al., editors. Essentials of glycobiology. Cold Spring Harbor (NY)2009.
94.
go back to reference Rudd P, Karlsson NG, Khoo KH, Packer NH. Glycomics and glycoproteomics. In: rd, Varki A, Cummings RD, Esko JD, Stanley P, Hart GW, et al., editors. Essentials of glycobiology. Cold Spring Harbor (NY)2015. p. 653–66. Rudd P, Karlsson NG, Khoo KH, Packer NH. Glycomics and glycoproteomics. In: rd, Varki A, Cummings RD, Esko JD, Stanley P, Hart GW, et al., editors. Essentials of glycobiology. Cold Spring Harbor (NY)2015. p. 653–66.
Metadata
Title
Omics Biomarkers in Obesity: Novel Etiological Insights and Targets for Precision Prevention
Authors
Krasimira Aleksandrova
Caue Egea Rodrigues
Anna Floegel
Wolfgang Ahrens
Publication date
01-09-2020
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Current Obesity Reports / Issue 3/2020
Electronic ISSN: 2162-4968
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13679-020-00393-y

Other articles of this Issue 3/2020

Current Obesity Reports 3/2020 Go to the issue

Psychological Issues (V Drapeau and V Ivezaj, Section Editors)

Review of the Experience of Weight-Based Stigmatization in Romantic Relationships

Health Services and Programs (R Welbourn and C Borg, Section Editors)

Health-Related Quality of Life in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery

Health Services and Programs (R Welbourn and C Borg, Section Editors)

Predicting Responses to Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery

Etiology of Obesity (M Rosenbaum, Section Editor)

Socioeconomics of Obesity