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JGH OPEN
卷 7, 期 3, 页码 197-203出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jgh3.12873
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cirrhosis; MFAP4; non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; serum biomarker; transient elastography
This study investigates the association between serum MFAP4 and liver fibrosis severity in NAFLD patients. The results show that MFAP4 levels increase with fibrosis severity and are highly upregulated in patients with cirrhosis. Furthermore, serum MFAP4 levels positively correlate with TE measurement and have a significant association with severely advanced fibrotic stage in NAFLD patients.
Background and AimNon-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the leading cause of chronic liver disease in different countries. Liver fibrosis is considered as the most appropriate predictor of NAFLD-associated outcome. Microfibrillar-associated protein 4 (MFAP4) is a glycoprotein located in the extracellular matrix. Circulatory MFAP4 has been suggested as a noninvasive biomarker for the assessment of hepatitis C virus and alcoholic liver disease associated liver fibrosis. In this study, we aimed to investigate the association between serum MFAP4 and liver fibrosis severity in NAFLD patients. MethodsA case-control study was conducted in which NAFLD patients (n = 25) and healthy participants (n = 12) were recruited. Liver fibrosis/cirrhosis was assessed by transient elastography (TE) and biochemical parameters were collected. Serum MFAP4 was measured by sandwich ELISA based on two monoclonal anti-MFAP4 antibodies and calibrated with a standard of recombinant MFAP4. ResultsSerum MFAP4 levels increased with fibrosis severity and were highly upregulated in patients with cirrhosis (F4 fibrosis stage). In addition, serum MFAP4 levels positively correlated with TE measurement and showed significant association with the severely advanced fibrotic stage in NAFLD patients, in multiple linear regression analysis following adjustment for age, gender, and body mass index. ConclusionThis study suggests the use of MFAP4 as a potential diagnostic noninvasive biomarker for cirrhosis screening in NAFLD patients.
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