We review here omics approaches including transcriptomics, proteomics, glycomics, metabolomics and interactomics, databases and computational tools for omic and multi-omic investigations of fibrosis to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying fibrogenesis and fibrosis, to identify biomarkers of diagnosis, prognosis or disease progression, and new therapeutic targets and to design new anti-fibrotic drugs. We also provide perspectives for future studies including lipid and glycosaminoglycan profiling, and the design of virtual patient models as a basis for personalised medicine and virtualisation of drug development.
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