Changes in plasma circulating microvesicles in patients with HCV-related cirrhosis after treatment with direct-acting antivirals.
Elena CampelloClaudia M RaduAlberto ZanettoCristiana BulatoSarah ShalabyLuca SpieziaEnrica FranceschetPatrizia BurraFrancesco Paolo RussoPaolo SimioniPublished in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2019)
VCAN + MVs appear to mirror the profibrotic status of the cirrhotic disease; hepatocyte MVs correlate with liver stiffness and increased platelet MV levels could be associated with a worse clinical outcome.