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Using liquid chromatography\u2013mass spectrometry (LC-MS)-based untargeted metabolomics and lipidomics analysis, a total of 2,279 metabolites and 2,987 lipids were tentatively annotated.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Through rigorous statistical evaluation (variable importance in the projection (VIP) &amp;gt; 1 and false discovery rate (FDR) &amp;lt; 0.05), 22 metabolites and lipids were found to be positively associated with RA risk based on logistic regression analysis. These were further refined into 12 core features using least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression. The 12 core features identified in the treatment non-response group included lipids Cer(d18:1\/16:0), PS(16:0\/20:0), and Palmitic acid; metabolites Mimosine and D-Xylose; drug-related metabolites Dihydralazine, Tridihexethyl, Acyclovir monophosphate, Indoline, and Melleolide; and pollution-related metabolites Norcotinine and 2-Chloro-1-(chloromethyl)ethyl carbamate. Machine learning models utilizing these features showed promising preliminary discriminatory performance in internal cross-validation, achieving area under the curve (AUC) values exceeding 0.90 in this cohort, suggesting the potential utility of these candidate biomarkers in differentiating treatment-responsive from non-responsive RA patients. Additionally, the identified features showed significant correlations with high disease activity, with preliminary evidence of potential associations across different stages of disease progression.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The findings suggest significant metabolic and lipidomic alterations in RA, and indicate that these candidate biomarkers may serve as preliminary indicators of treatment response.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fimmu.2026.1787287","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,4]],"date-time":"2026-06-04T05:35:04Z","timestamp":1780551304000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Plasma metabolomic and lipidomic signatures characteristic of treatment non-response in rheumatoid arthritis"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Jiani","family":"Chen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University","place":["Linhai, China"]},{"name":"Hangzhou Medical College","place":["Hangzhou, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tong","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University","place":["Linhai, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Weili","family":"Luo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University","place":["Linhai, China"]},{"name":"Hangzhou Medical College","place":["Hangzhou, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chengyang","family":"Cao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University","place":["Linhai, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jiaqin","family":"Xu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University","place":["Linhai, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jiaxi","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University","place":["Linhai, China"]},{"name":"Hangzhou Medical College","place":["Hangzhou, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/rheumatology\/key013","article-title":"Rheumatoid arthritis and excess mortality: down but not out. 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