Post-treatment serum Wisteria floribunda agglutinin-positive mac-2-binding protein level is a useful predictor of hepatocellular carcinoma development after hepatitis C virus eradication.

Shunsuke SatoHironori TsuzuraYuji KitaYuji IkedaDaishi KabemuraSho SatoNozomi AmanoNoboru YatagaiAyato MurataYuji ShimadaTakuya Genda

Published in: JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology (2021)

The assessment of liver fibrosis using the WFA+-M2BP level at SVR24 is a useful predictor of HCC development after HCV eradication even in the IFN-free therapy era.

Keyphrases

hepatitis c virus
liver fibrosis
binding protein
human immunodeficiency virus
helicobacter pylori infection
immune response
stem cells
bone marrow
helicobacter pylori
replacement therapy
smoking cessation