Applications of proteomics in hepatic diseases research

Proteomics has become an important part in the leading research area and been widely used in the disease-associated study. In hepatic research field, proteomics could be ap-plied in study of hepatic diseases including liver cancer, cirrhosis and hepatotoxicities, etc. Sig-nificant proteins could be identified as biomarkers, drug targets and clues for pathogenesis illu-mination.