title: Proteomic analysis of HBV-associated HCC: insights on mechanisms of disease onset and biomarker discovery.
abstract: The development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) can be considered as an end-stage outcome of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Early prognostic markers are needed to allow effective treatments and prevent HCC from developing. Proteomics analysis has been used to identify markers from clinical samples from HCC patients. This approach can be further improved by identifying early biomarkers before the onset of HCC. One way would be to use the cell-based HBV replication system, which is reflective of the early stage of virus infection and thus secreted proteins identified at this stage may have relevance in HCC prognosis. In this review, we focus the discussion on the current status of proteomics analysis of cellular proteins and HCC biomarker identification, with a special highlight on the potential of the cell-based HBV replication system for the identification of prognostic HCC biomarkers.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637459, Singapore.
authors.forename: Dandan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.forename: Huixing
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Wei Ning
authors.initials: WN
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis*; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism*; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling / Q000379:methods; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism*; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D011379:Prognosis; D020543:Proteome / Q000032:analysis*; D040901:Proteomics / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D020543:Proteome