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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2023

Serum metabolomics analysis of biomarkers and metabolic pathways in patients with colorectal cancer associated with spleen-deficiency and qi-stagnation syndrome or damp-heat syndrome: a prospective cohort study.

Min Zou, Yan-Sheng Zhang, Jin-Kai Feng, Hao Tu, Ming-Bin Gui, Ya-Nan Wang, Zi-Jie Yang, Zeng-Qiang Yang, Ming Xu, Wei-Qiang Wu and 1 more

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Min ZouDepartment of Colorectal and Anal Surgery, The 940th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Lanzhou, China.
Yan-Sheng ZhangDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gansu Provincial Maternity and Child-Care Hospital, Lanzhou, China.
Jin-Kai FengDepartment of Hepatic Surgery VI, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University (Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital), Shanghai, China.
Hao TuDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, Chongqing Qijiang District People's Hospital, Chongqing, China.
Ming-Bin GuiDepartment of Colorectal and Anal Surgery, The 940th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Lanzhou, China.
Ya-Nan WangDepartment of Colorectal and Anal Surgery, The 940th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Lanzhou, China.
Zi-Jie YangDepartment of Colorectal and Anal Surgery, The 940th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Lanzhou, China.
Zeng-Qiang YangDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, Gansu Provincial Central Hospital, Lanzhou, China.
Ming XuDepartment of Colorectal and Anal Surgery, The 940th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Lanzhou, China.
Wei-Qiang WuDepartment of Colorectal and Anal Surgery, The 940th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Lanzhou, China.
Feng GaoDepartment of Colorectal and Anal Surgery, The 940th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Lanzhou, China.

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Abstract

Objective: To profile the serum metabolites and metabolic pathways in colorectal cancer (CRC) patients associated with spleen-deficiency and qi-stagnation syndrome (SDQSS) or damp-heat syndrome (DHS). Methods: From May 2020 to January 2021, CRC patients diagnosed with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndromes of SDQSS or DHS were enrolled. The clinicopathological data of the SDQSS and DHS groups were compared. The serum samples were analyzed by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS). The variable importance in the projection >1, fold change ≥3 or ≤0.333, and Results: 60 CRC patients were included (30 SDQSS and 30 DHS). The level of alanine aminotransferase was marginally significantly higher in the DHS group than the SDQSS group ( Conclusion: Our study identifies the differential metabolites and characteristic metabolic pathways among CRC patients with SDQSS or DHS, offering the possibility of accurate and objective syndrome differentiation and TCM treatment for CRC patients.

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colorectal cancer (CRC)damp-heat syndrome (DHS)liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS)metabolomicsspleen-deficiency and qi-stagnation syndrome (SDQSS)

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