Table 2 Concentrations and proportions of the 5 discriminant fatty acids in human livers.

From: Metabolism dysregulation induces a specific lipid signature of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in patients

 

Patients

Myristic acid

Palmitic acid

Palmitoleic acid

Vaccenic acid

Oleic acid

Total

FA concentration* in human livers expressed in nmol/mg of proteins

Control

0

138.04

10.54

14.32

52.52

215.41

NAFL2 + 3

14.24

558.87

56.37

35.87

393.44

1058.81

NASH

56.95

1044.95

180.52

70.89

976.53

2329.34

Percentage of FA in liver tissues

Control

0

64

5

24

7

100

NAFL2 + 3

1.5

53

5.5

3

37

100

NASH

2.5

45

7.5

3

42

100

  1. FA: fatty acid; NAFL: nonalcoholic fatty liver; NASH: nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. *Mean of each lipid assessed by lipidomic analysis found in each group of patients: Control (n = 7), NAFL 2 and NAFL3 (n = 30), NASH (n = 22).