A salivary biomarker panel to detect liver cirrhosis
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Crawford, DHG
Broszczak, DA
Zhang, X
Bridle R., K
Punyadeera, C
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Limited access to diagnostic tests for liver fibrosis remains one of the main reasons for late diagnosis, especially in rural and remote communities. Saliva diagnostics is accessible with excellent patient compliance. The aim of this study was to develop a saliva-based diagnostic tool for liver fibrosis/cirrhosis. Salivary concentrations of hyaluronic acid (HA), tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 (TIMP-1), and α-2-macroglobulin (A2MG) were significantly increased (p < 0.05) in patients with liver fibrosis/cirrhosis. By combining these biomarkers, we developed the Saliva Liver Fibrosis (SALF) score, which identified patients with liver cirrhosis with an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) of 0.970 and 0.920 in a discovery and validation cohorts, respectively. The SALF score had a performance that was similar to that of the current Fibrosis-4 (AUROC:0.740) and Hepascore (AUROC:0.979). We demonstrated the clinical utility of saliva to diagnose liver fibrosis/cirrhosis with a potential to improve the screening for cirrhosis in asymptomatic populations.
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iScience
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26
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7
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© 2023 The Authors. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Gastroenterology and hepatology
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Trevisan França de Lima, L; Crawford, DHG; Broszczak, DA; Zhang, X; Bridle R., K; Punyadeera, C, A salivary biomarker panel to detect liver cirrhosis, iScience, 2023, 26 (7), pp. 107015