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Review
. 2015 Dec;13(6):345-54.
doi: 10.1016/j.gpb.2015.08.005. Epub 2016 Jan 2.

Urinary Biomarkers of Brain Diseases

Manxia An  1 , Youhe Gao  2
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Review

Urinary Biomarkers of Brain Diseases

Manxia An et al. Genomics Proteomics Bioinformatics. 2015 Dec.

Abstract

Biomarkers are the measurable changes associated with a physiological or pathophysiological process. Unlike blood, urine is not subject to homeostatic mechanisms. Therefore, greater fluctuations could occur in urine than in blood, better reflecting the changes in human body. The roadmap of urine biomarker era was proposed. Although urine analysis has been attempted for clinical diagnosis, and urine has been monitored during the progression of many diseases, particularly urinary system diseases, whether urine can reflect brain disease status remains uncertain. As some biomarkers of brain diseases can be detected in the body fluids such as cerebrospinal fluid and blood, there is a possibility that urine also contain biomarkers of brain diseases. This review summarizes the clues of brain diseases reflected in the urine proteome and metabolome.

Keywords: Biomarkers; Brain diseases; Metabolomics; Proteomics; Urine.

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