Research on Metabolic Biomarkers in Different Diseases

A special issue of Metabolites (ISSN 2218-1989). This special issue belongs to the section "Endocrinology and Clinical Metabolic Research".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 16 March 2026 | Viewed by 35

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School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Dear Colleagues,

Clinical biomarkers, measurable molecular indicators found in biological samples, are now extensively utilized for early detection of disease, prediction of patient prognosis, and assessment of therapeutic efficacy in various diseases. Metabolomics, an increasingly powerful and high-throughput analytical technique, is capable of comprehensive profiling of endogenous metabolites under physiological and pathological states, thereby facilitating the identification and validation of novel metabolite biomarkers. These biomarkers hold significant promise for enhancing disease diagnosis and subtyping, evaluating treatment response and resistance mechanisms, uncovering therapeutic targets, and ultimately advancing personalized medicine through metabolic phenotyping. Fueled by continuous advancements in analytical techniques, computational power for data analysis, and metabolite annotation databases, modern metabolomics can provide valid prediction of disease onset and progression, guide optimal drug selection and dosage, monitor therapeutic interventions, and contribute to the development of strategies aimed at improving patient therapeutic outcomes and survival rates.

This Special Issue aims to cover progress in the methodology of metabolomics, including sample preparation, data acquisition or data processing for the study of clinical biomarkers, and application in biomarker discovery in different diseases.

Dr. Xiaohui Liu
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • metabolomics
  • biomarkers
  • diseases
  • methodology
  • bioinformatics

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