Cerebrospinal Fluid Metabolomics and Proteomics Integration in Neurological Syndromes

The integration of multi-omics data has increasingly been recognized as an effective approach to addressing complex problems and advancing precision medicine. Metabolomics and proteomics are closely related, and their integration provides complementary insights and enables cross-validation of experimental results. The integration of proteomics and metabolomics in cerebrospinal fluid is expected to reconstruct the complex biological networks underlying nervous system diseases, enhance understanding of molecular mechanisms, and aid in disease classification and prognosis prediction. However, integrating multi-omics data still faces numerous challenges, limiting the application of combined proteomic and metabolomic analyses in neurological diseases. Based on the advantages of integrated proteomics and metabolomics, this chapter introduces, for the first time, common strategies for the integrated analyses of omics data. Furthermore, we review advances in cerebrospinal fluid proteomics and metabolomics for neurological syndromes, highlighting current challenges and future directions.