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Blood angiopoietin-2 predicts liver angiogenesis and fibrosis in hepatitis C patients

BACKGROUND: Pathological angiogenesis is involved in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma. In patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC), the level of angiogenic factor angiopoietin (ANGP)-2 is reported to be increased in the blood, correlating with fibrosis. In this study, we aimed to clarify w...

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Autores principales: Osawa, Yosuke, Yoshio, Sachiyo, Aoki, Yoshihiko, Korenaga, Masaaki, Imamura, Masatoshi, Oide, Takashi, Okawara, Miku, Kawai, Hironari, Tsutsui, Yuriko, Yoshida, Yuichi, Yoshikawa, Shiori, Mori, Taizo, Yamazoe, Taiji, Kanto, Tatsuya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7871374/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33557759
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12876-021-01633-8