Journal of Capital Medical University ›› 2014, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (4): 511-515.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-7795.2014.04.026

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Progress in potential candidate serum biomarker of drug-induced liver injury

Liu Xiaona1,2, Liu Mifeng2, Jia Li1, Peng Shuangqing1   

  1. 1. Evaluation and Research Centre for Toxicology, Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing 100071, China;
    2. Clinical Laboratory of Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100010, China
  • Received:2014-03-20 Online:2014-08-21 Published:2014-07-22

Abstract:

In the recent years, the research about biomarkers of drug-induced liver injury is a rapid development area in drugs' preclinical safety evaluation and assessment. During the process of taking drugs, the organism received toxicities of drugs and/or its metabolites, or anaphylaxis to lead to liver injury. The traditional biomarkers for assessing liver injury is based primarily on the detection of hepatic enzymes in blood, such as alanine aminotransferase(ALT), aspartate aminotransferase(AST), alkaline phosphate(ALP) et al. However, elevation of blood hepatic enzymes has limitations in specificity and sensitivity. Recently, there are many results about the candidate serum biomarkers of liver injury have been reported, such as miRNA-122, α-glutathione-S-transferase(α-GST), paraoxonase(PON-1), purine nucleoside phosphorylase(PNP), malate dehydrogenase(MDH), thiostatin et al. This review was designed to assess the value of potential biomarkers for improving the detection of liver injury.

Key words: biomarkers, hepatotoxicity, drug-induced liver injury

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