Fig. 5
From: Spatial metabolomics on liver cirrhosis to hepatocellular carcinoma progression
Metabolites’ spatial distributions in the cancer-related regions of the HC, LC and HCC samples under positive ionization mode. a HE and MSI images of the cancer-related regions in HC, LC and HCC samples. b PLS-DA analysis of the cancer-related regions. c KEGG analysis of key altered metabolic pathways in the cancer-related regions. d Sample time series analysis of key metabolite expressions in the cancer-related regions. e Examples of key metabolites’ spatial expressions in cancer-related regions