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Novel potential biomarkers for severe alcoholic liver disease

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FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
卷 13, 期 -, 页码 -

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FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1051353

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Alcoholic liver disease; biomarkers; liver cirrhosis; proteomics; LC-MS; MS

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This study identified three novel candidate proteins as promising circulating biomarkers for clinical diagnosis and disease progression in ALD. The combination of these biomarkers showed superior efficacy in monitoring disease progression compared to existing liver fibrosis evaluation indices.
BackgroundAlcoholic liver disease (ALD) is a leading cause of advanced liver disease; however, minor clinical symptoms in the early stage frequently result in delayed diagnosis and therapy. Invasive liver biopsy, the gold standard for diagnosing ALD, is unsuitable for repetitive analysis. This study aims to identify potential serum biomarkers that could contribute to non-invasive disease screening and monitoring. MethodsLabel-free LC-MS/MS quantitative proteomics analysis was performed to identify differentially expressed proteins in the discovery cohort, followed by bioinformatics analysis based on the KEGG, GO, and String databases. Prioritized proteins were validated subsequently by quantitative assays. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) was used to assess the diagnosis performance of potential biomarkers. ResultsA total of 161 differentially expressed proteins were identified in the discovery cohort, of which 123 were up-regulated and 38 were down-regulated. B2M, IGFALS, and IGFBP3 were evaluated, and all demonstrated excellent diagnosis performance with AUROCs of over 0.9 when distinguishing patients with severe ALD from healthy controls. The AUROC values of B2M, IGFBP3, and IGFALS were 0.7131, 0.8877, and 0.9896 for differentiating severe ALD from non-severe ALD to indicate disease severity. B2M could distinguish patients with non-severe ALD and HC participants with an AUROC value of 0.8985. The efficiency of multiple combinations of these biomarkers was superior to that of the existing liver fibrosis evaluation indices used to monitor disease progression, with AUROC values of over 0.9. IGFALS showed a positive correlation with ALT/AST (r=0.4648, P=0.0009) and may be developed as a therapeutic target. ConclusionThis proteomic study identified three novel candidate proteins as promising circulating biomarkers for clinical diagnosis and disease progression and also provided the proteomic atlas for ALD pathophysiological mechanisms.

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