title: Metabonomic window into hepatitis B virus-related hepatic diseases.
abstract: Metabonomics has recently been widely used to discover the pathogenesis and find potential metabolic markers with high sensitivity and specificity. Furthermore, it develops new diagnosis and treatment methods, increases early phase diagnosis rates of certain diseases and provides a new basis for targeted therapy. This review mainly analyzes the research progress of the metabonomics of hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related hepatic diseases, hoping to discover some potential metabolic markers for identification of HBV-related hepatic diseases from other etiologies and for HBV-related hepatitis, liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. This can contribute to early discovery, diagnosis and treatment, eventually increasing the survival rate of HBV-related hepatic diseases.
authors.affiliation: Qiang Hou, Zhi-Jun Duan, Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116011, Liaoning Province, China.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.affiliation: Qiang Hou, Zhi-Jun Duan, Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116011, Liaoning Province, China.
authors.forename: Zhi-Jun
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Duan
keywords: Hepatitis B; Hepatitis B virus-related hepatic diseases; Hepatitis B virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma; Hepatitis B virus-related liver cirrhosis; Metabonomics