Editors: "Juan Antonio Vílchez", "María Dolores Albaladejo-Otón"

New Trends in Biomarkers and Diseases Research: An Overview

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ISBN: 978-1-68108-496-1 (Print)
ISBN: 978-1-68108-495-4 (Online)
Year of Publication: 2017
DOI: 10.2174/97816810849541170101

Introduction

Biomarkers are any measurable biochemical characteristics of an organism that reflect a particular physiological state. Biomarkers can take many different forms including particular proteins or peptides, antibodies, cell types, metabolites, hormones, enzyme levels, compounds related to genomics, etc. A biomarker can also be a substance introduced into a patient to assess the internal organ systems role.

In medicine, biomarkers considered as compounds isolated from serum, urine, or other fluids, can be used as an indicator of the presence or severity of a particular disease state., improving our knowledge of the pathophysiology of many diseases. The use of biomarkers is becoming a fundamental practice in medicine. Biomarker research involves a significantly greater scope of laboratory medicine.

This monograph presents information on several types of biomarkers for general pathologies. (preeclampsia, metabolic syndrome, iron metabolism, bone disease, liver function, renal function), cardiovascular pathology (including atrial fibrillation, peripheral artery disease, thrombotic disorders) and sepsis. Additional information on endocrine and salivary biomarkers is also presented.

New Trends in Biomarkers and Diseases Research: An Overview is an update of the present and future of clinical contribution and the correct interpretation of biomarkers. In addition to clinicians, this book is aimed to professionals of own laboratory medicine, university researchers and clinicians in general.

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Book Review: New Trends in Biomarkers and Disease Research: An Overview

"The authors of this book, through their joint works, have managed to rub out the increasingly thin line of separation between the clinic and the diagnosis, which makes it a very useful reference both for students of health sciences and for specialists in the same field. For this reason, I recommend it as a reference and consultation book.”

Pedro Martínez-Hernandez PhD,
Former Head
Clinical Laboratory of the University Clinic Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca of Murcia Academic Numerary
Royal Academica of Medicine and Surgery of Murcia and the Academy of Pharmacy of Murcia,
Spain



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