Identification of race-associated metabolite biomarkers for hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with liver cirrhosis and hepatitis C virus infection.

Disparities in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) incidence and survival have been observed between ethnic groups including African-Americans (AA) and European-Americans (EA). The evaluation of the changes in the levels of metabolites in samples stratified by race could provide a snapshot of ethnically...

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Main Authors: Cristina Di Poto, Shisi He, Rency S Varghese, Yi Zhao, Alessia Ferrarini, Shan Su, Abdullah Karabala, Mesfin Redi, Hassen Mamo, Amol S Rangnekar, Thomas M Fishbein, Alexander H Kroemer, Mahlet G Tadesse, Rabindra Roy, Zaki A Sherif, Deepak Kumar, Habtom W Ressom
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5851549?pdf=render