CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS OF HEPATIC FIBROSIS USING A NOVEL PANEL OF LOW ABUNDANT HUMAN PLASMA PROTEIN BIOMARKERS

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15076894

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The inventors have proposed a novel panel of human plasma protein biomarkers for diagnosing hepatic fibrosis and cirrhosis. Presently there is no reliable non-invasive way of assessing liver fibrosis. A 2D-PAGE based proteomics study was used to identify potential fibrosis biomarkers. Plasma from patients with hepatic cirrhosis induced by infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) were analysed. Several proteins associated with liver scarring and potentially also related to viral infection were identified. These proteins include 14-3-3 protein zeta/delta, adiponectin, afamin, alpha-1-antitrypsin, alpha-2-HS-glycoprotein, apolipoprotein C-III, apolipoprotein E, C4b-binding protein beta chain, intact/cleaved complement C3dg, corticosteroid-binding globulin, fibrinogen gamma chain, beta haptoglobin at pH 5.46-5.49, haptoglobin-related protein, hemopexin, immunoglobulin J chain, leucine-rich alpha-2-glycoprotein, lipid transfer inhibitor protein, retinol-binding protein 4, serum paraoxonase/arylesterase 1, sex hormone-binding globulin and zinc-alpha-2-glycoprotein.

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THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNVERSITY OF OXFORDOXFORD

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Dwek, Raymond A Oxford, GB 89 1341
Gangadharan, Bevin Oxford, GB 7 9
Zitzmann, Nicole Oxford, GB 36 282

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