Open AccessProteomic Analysis of HCV Cirrhosis and HCV-Induced HCC: Identifying Biomarkers for Monitoring HCV-Cirrhotic Patients Awaiting Liver Transplantation
Author(s) -
Valeria R. Mas,
Daniel G. Maluf,
Kellie J. Archer,
Kenneth Yanek,
Karen Bornstein,
Robert A. Fisher
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0b013e318191c68d
Subject(s) - hepatocellular carcinoma , cirrhosis , hepatitis c virus , medicine , liver transplantation , hepatitis c , fold change , gastroenterology , cancer research , transplantation , immunology , gene expression , virus , biology , gene , biochemistry
Progression from chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) results in protein changes in the peripheral blood. We evaluated global protein expression in plasma samples of HCV-cirrhotic and HCV-cirrhotic-HCC patients.