Serum Osteopontin Predicts Degree of Hepatic Fibrosis and Serves as a Biomarker in Patients with Hepatitis C Virus Infection

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Osteopontin (OPN) is a matricellular protein that upregulates during pathogenesis of hepatic fibrosis. The present study was aimed to evaluate whether serum OPN could be used as a biomarker to assess the degree of hepatic fibrosis in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infec...

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Autores principales: Matsue, Yasuhiro, Tsutsumi, Mikihiro, Hayashi, Nobuhiko, Saito, Takashi, Tsuchishima, Mutsumi, Toshikuni, Nobuyuki, Arisawa, Tomiyasu, George, Joseph
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4356538/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25760884
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118744

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4356538/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25760884
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118744

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