Serum Metabolomic Profiles for Distinguishing Lung Cancer From Pulmonary Tuberculosis : Identification of Rapid and Noninvasive Biomarker

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BACKGROUND: Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and lung cancer (LC) have similar clinical symptoms and atypical imaging findings, which are easily misdiagnosed. There is an urgent need for a noninvasive and accurate biomarker to distinguish LC from PTB.

METHODS: A total of 694 subjects were enrolled and divided into discovery set (n = 122), identification set (n = 214), and validation set (n = 358). Metabolites were identified by multivariate and univariate analyses. Receiver operating characteristic curve were used to evaluate the diagnostic efficacy of biomarkers.

RESULTS: Seven metabolites were identified and validated. Phenylalanylphenylalanine for distinguishing LC from PTB yielded an area under the curve of 0.89, sensitivity of 71%, and specificity of 92%. It also showed good diagnostic abilities in discovery set and identification set. Compared with that in healthy volunteers (median [interquartile range], 1.57 [1.01, 2.34] μg/mL), it was elevated in LC (4.76 [2.74, 7.08] μg/mL; ratio of median, [ROM] = 3.03, P < .01) and reduced in PTB (1.06 [0.51, 2.09] μg/mL; ROM = 0.68, P < .05).

CONCLUSIONS: The metabolomic profile of LC and PTB was described and a key biomarker identified. We produced a rapid and noninvasive method to supplement existing clinical diagnostic examinations for distinguishing LC from PTB.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:228

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The Journal of infectious diseases - 228(2023), 9 vom: 02. Nov., Seite 1154-1165

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chen, Siyu [VerfasserIn]
Li, Chunyan [VerfasserIn]
Qin, Zhonghua [VerfasserIn]
Song, Lili [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Shiyuan [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Chongxiang [VerfasserIn]
Zhuang, Pengwei [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yuming [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Bin [VerfasserIn]
Ning, Li [VerfasserIn]
Li, Yubo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biomarker
Biomarkers
Diagnosis
Journal Article
Lung cancer
Metabolomics
Pulmonary tuberculosis
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 09.11.2023

Date Revised 14.11.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/infdis/jiad175

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NLM35748763X