Plasma and serum lipidomics of healthy white adults shows characteristic profiles by subjects' gender and age.

Blood is a commonly used biofluid for biomarker discovery. Although blood lipid metabolites are considered to be potential biomarker candidates, their fundamental properties are not well characterized. We aimed to (1) investigate the matrix type (serum vs. plasma) that may be preferable for lipid bi...

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Main Authors: Masaki Ishikawa, Keiko Maekawa, Kosuke Saito, Yuya Senoo, Masayo Urata, Mayumi Murayama, Yoko Tajima, Yuji Kumagai, Yoshiro Saito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3954792?pdf=render