Serum matrix metalloproteinase-1 level represents disease activity as opposed to fibrosis in patients with histologically proven nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.

Wataru AndoHiroaki YokomoriNobuhiro TsutsuiEigoro YamanouchiYutaka SuzukiMasaya OdaYutaka InagakiKatsuya OtoriIsao Okazaki

Published in: Clinical and molecular hepatology (2017)

These results suggest that serum MMP-1 levels represent disease activity and may serve as a potential biomarker for monitoring the progression of NASH.

Keyphrases

disease activity
rheumatoid arthritis
systemic lupus erythematosus
rheumatoid arthritis patients
ankylosing spondylitis
juvenile idiopathic arthritis
cell migration
liver fibrosis