[Possibility of Metabolite Biomarkers for Early Detection of Cancer].

Recently, the omics analysis, which comprehensively analyzed the biological molecules such as DNA, RNA, protein and low molecular weight metabolites, has been developed. The metabolome analysis that comprehensively analyzes low molecular weight metabolites is one of the most recent omics analysis, and attracts rising attention. Evaluating the metabolite alterations and clarifying the metabolite profiles in the body will lead to understandings of biological information, and the metabolome analysis has the potential of elucidation of novel pathological conditions and discovery of metabolite biomarkers. In this article, we explain the characteristics of the omics analysis. Regarding the metabolome analysis, its detailed explanations are carried out, and we also introduce our metabolite biomarker research about pancreatic cancer using the metabolome analysis.