发现视网膜血管形态与血液脂质类型相关,或可作为心血管健康无创指标。
Retinal Lipidomics Associations as Candidate Biomarkers for Cardiovascular Health
- 用深度学习提取视网膜微血管特征,关联血清脂质亚类变化
- 游离脂肪酸与血管扭曲度相关,胆固醇酯与动静脉宽度相关
- 首次在健康人群揭示脂质与视网膜结构的直接联系,适合代谢研究者
视网膜微血管成像正被广泛认为是非侵入性评估全身血管与代谢健康的方法。然而,脂质组学与视网膜血管之间的关联仍不明确。本研究在大规模人群队列中探讨了血清脂质亚类(游离脂肪酸FA、二酰甘油DAG、三酰甘油TAG、胆固醇酯CE)与视网膜微血管特征的关系。采用Spearman相关分析,考察脂质亚类与十项视网膜微血管性状的关联,并使用Benjamini-Hochberg校正法控制假阳性率。结果显示,游离脂肪酸与视网膜血管扭曲度相关,胆固醇酯与动脉和静脉平均宽度相关;而二酰甘油和三酰甘油则与小动脉和小静脉的宽度及复杂性呈负相关。这些发现表明,视网膜血管结构反映特定循环脂质谱,支持其作为系统代谢健康的非侵入性标志物。本研究首次在健康人群中整合深度学习提取的视网膜特征与脂质组亚类数据,为不受疾病状态或治疗影响的微血管结构变化提供新见解。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Retinal microvascular imaging is increasingly recognised as a non invasive method for evaluating systemic vascular and metabolic health. However, the association between lipidomics and retinal vasculature remains inadequate. This study investigates the relationships between serum lipid subclasses, free fatty acids (FA), diacylglycerols (DAG), triacylglycerols (TAG), and cholesteryl esters (CE), and retinal microvascular characteristics in a large population-based cohort. Using Spearman correlation analysis, we examined the interconnection between lipid subclasses and ten retinal microvascular traits, applying the Benjamini-Hochberg false discovery rate (BH-FDR) to adjust for statistical significance. Results indicated that FA were linked to retinal vessel twistiness, while CE correlated with the average widths of arteries and veins. Conversely, DAG and TAG showed negative correlations with the width and complexity of arterioles and venules. These findings suggest that retinal vascular architecture reflects distinct circulating lipid profiles, supporting its role as a non-invasive marker of systemic metabolic health. This study is the first to integrate deep learning (DL)derived retinal traits with lipidomic subclasses in a healthy cohort, thereby providing insights into microvascular structural changes independent of disease status or treatment effects.
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