Application of metabolomics in screening potential biomarkers for kidney transplantation / 医学研究生学报

Metabolomics, which inherits the ideas of genomics and proteomics, has been widely applied in clinical medical research. In the field of kidney transplantation, changes, which occur in the concentration of small molecule metabolites in blood or urine, can be used to identify organs at risk of acute rejection, locate organ damage, and monitor graft function. This article reviews the problems in the field of kidney transplantation, the concepts, characteristics and research methods of metabolomics, as well as the progress in the application of kidney transplantation and the biomarkers that have been discovered.