Potential Metabolic Biomarkers for Early Detection of Oral Lichen Planus, a Precancerous Lesion

• Autori principali: Xiao-Shuang Wang (Autore), Zhi Sun (Autore), Li-Wei Liu (Autore), Qiu-Zheng Du (Autore), Zhang-Suo Liu (Autore), Yan-Jie Yang (Autore), Peng Xue (Autore), Hong-Yu Zhao (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Riassunto

Background: Oral lichen planus (OLP) is a T-cell-mediated chronic inflammatory disorder and precancerous oral lesion with high incidence. The current diagnostic method of OLP is very limited and metabolomics may provide a new approach for quantitative evaluation.Methods: The Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Quadrupole/Orbitrap High Resolution Mass Spectrometry (UHPLC-Q-Orbitrap HRMS) was applied to analyze the change of metabolites in serum of patients with OLP. A total of 115 OLP patients and 124 healthy controls were assigned to either a training set (n = 160) or a test set (n = 79). The potential biomarkers and the change of serum metabolites were profiled and evaluated by multivariate analysis.Results: Totally, 23 differential metabolites were identified in the training set between OLP group and healthy group. Three prominent metabolites in receiver operating characteristic (ROC) were selected as a panel to distinguish OLP or healthy individuals in the test set, and the diagnostic accuracy was 86.1%.Conclusions: This study established a new method for the early detection of OLP by analyzing serum metabolomics using UHPLC-Q-Orbitrap HRMS, which will help in understanding the pathological processes of OLP and identifying precancerous lesions in oral cavity.

Descrizione del documento

1663-9812
10.3389/fphar.2020.603899