Nature Communications (Mar 2021)

Endogenous aldehyde accumulation generates genotoxicity and exhaled biomarkers in esophageal adenocarcinoma

  • Stefan Antonowicz,
  • Zsolt Bodai,
  • Tom Wiggins,
  • Sheraz R. Markar,
  • Piers R. Boshier,
  • Yan Mei Goh,
  • Mina E. Adam,
  • Haonan Lu,
  • Hiromi Kudo,
  • Francesca Rosini,
  • Robert Goldin,
  • Daniela Moralli,
  • Catherine M. Green,
  • Chris J. Peters,
  • Nagy Habib,
  • Hani Gabra,
  • Rebecca C. Fitzgerald,
  • Zoltan Takats,
  • George B. Hanna

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21800-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

Read online

Volatile aldehydes can be enriched in esophageal adenocarcinoma patients’ breath. Here, the authors reveal corresponding metabolic changes in EAC tumours, which may be caused by impaired detoxification of endogenous metabolites.