Open AccessCirculating let-7 Levels in Serum Correlate With the Severity of Hepatic Fibrosis in Chronic Hepatitis C
Author(s) -
Kentaro Matsuura,
Nobuhiro Aizawa,
Hirayuki Enomoto,
Shuhei Nishiguchi,
Hidenori Toyoda,
Takashi Kumada,
Etsuko Iio,
Kyoko Ito,
Shintaro Ogawa,
Masanori Isogawa,
Harvey J. Alter,
Yasuhito Tanaka
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
open forum infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2328-8957
DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofy268
Subject(s) - medicine , chronic hepatitis , fibrosis , hepatic fibrosis , hepatitis c , gastroenterology , immunology , virus
These results provide evidence that circulating let-7a-5p in serum may serve as a surrogate marker for severity of hepatic fibrosis in CHC.
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