Open AccessSerum metabolomics in oral leukoplakia and oral squamous cell carcinoma
Author(s) -
Gokul Sridharan,
Pratibha Ramani,
Sangeeta Patankar
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_1233_16
Subject(s) - downregulation and upregulation , metabolomics , oral leukoplakia , leukoplakia , putrescine , medicine , cancer research , pathology , biology , cancer , biochemistry , bioinformatics , enzyme , gene
Metabolomics is a core discipline of system biology focusing on the study of low molecular weight compounds in biological system. Analysis of human metabolome, which is composed of diverse group of metabolites, can aid in diagnosis and prognosis of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC).