Serum levels of apoptosis inhibitor of macrophage are associated with hepatic fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mera, Kumiko ^a   Uto, Hirofumi ^a   Mawatari, Seiichi ^a   Ido, Akio ^a   Yoshimine, Yozo ^a   Nosaki, Tsuyoshi ^a   Oda, Kohei ^a   Tabu, Kazuaki ^a   Kumagai, Kotaro ^a   Tamai, Tsutomu ^a   Moriuchi, Akihiro ^a   Oketani, Makoto ^a   Shimada, Yuko ^b   Hidaka, Masaaki ^c   Eguchi, Susumu ^c   Tsubouchi, Hirohito ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Miyazaki Prefectural Industrial Support Foundation   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adipocytokine; Apoptosis inhibitor of macrophage; Chronic hepatitis; Hepatic fibrosis; Hepatitis C virus; Insulin resistance

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; APOPTOSIS INHIBITOR; APOPTOSIS INHIBITOR OF MACROPHAGE; HYALURONIC ACID; LEPTIN; RESISTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADIPONECTIN; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEPTIN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; RECEPTORS, SCAVENGER; RESISTIN; SERUM ALBUMIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84896722376     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-14-27     Document Type: Article

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