Scientific publications for BioPredictive non-invasive diagnostics
Peer-reviewed studies validating BioPredictive blood-test diagnostics for liver disease — from first-in-class development cohorts to long-term meta-analyses.
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[Alpha 2 macroglobulin immunoturbidimetric assays (DakoCytomation reagents) on Roche Diagnostic analysers (Modular P, Cobas Integra). Application to FibroTest-Actic-Test].
### Background Alpha2Macroglobulin (A2M) measure showed a revival since it was introduced into…
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Optimal correlation between different instruments for Fibrotest-Actitest protein measurement in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
### Objectives Combination of alpha 2-macroglobulin, haptoglobin, apolipoprotein-A1, gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase…
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Discovery of novel biomarker candidates for liver fibrosis in hepatitis C patients: a preliminary study.
…two dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE). This technique separated the proteins in…
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Input of serum haptoglobin fucosylation profile in the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with non-cirrhotic liver disease. Key publication
…haptoglobin, gammaglutamyl-transpeptidase, apolipoproteinA1, alpha-2-macroglobulin) with AFP, AFP-L3, DCP…
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Impact of Type 2 Diabetes on the Accuracy of Noninvasive Tests of Liver Fibrosis With Resulting Clinical Implications.
…be less accurate in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). We aimed to…
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Non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis progression in hepatitis C patients retreated for 96 weeks with antiviral therapy: a randomized study.
…of 2 years of treatment with peginterferon alpha-2a vs alpha-tocopherol…
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Alpha-2-macroglobulin and hepatic fibrosis. Diagnostic interest.
Alpha-2-macroglobulin (A2M) is a proteinase inhibitor. Cells synthesizing A2M are…
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A brief review on molecular, genetic and imaging techniques for HCV fibrosis evaluation. Review
### Background Chronic HCV is one of the major causes of morbidity and…
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Comparative assessment of liver fibrosis by computerized morphometry in naïve patients with chronic hepatitis B and C.
…steatosis, perisinusoidal fibrosis, alpha-smooth muscle actin immunoreactivity, (2) quantitative morphometry of…
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The FibroTest value in discriminating between insignificant and significant fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C patients. The Romanian experience.
…alpha 2 macroglobulin (alpha 2-MG), apolipoprotein A1 (Apo-A1), haptoglobin (Hapto…
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FibroTest is effective in patients with normal transaminases, when accuracy is standardized on fibrosis stage prevalence.
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The accuracy of the FIB-4 index for the diagnosis of mild fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B.
### Background The Fib-4 index is a simple and inexpensive biomarker to…
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Diagnostic value of serum protein profiling by SELDI-TOF ProteinChip compared with a biochemical marker, FibroTest, for the diagnosis of advanced fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
### Background FibroTest has been validated for the diagnosis of liver fibrosis in…
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A prospective assessment of the inter-laboratory variability of biochemical markers of fibrosis (FibroTest) and activity (ActiTest) in patients with chronic liver disease.
…glutamyl transpeptidase, alanine aminotransferase, alpha2-macroglobulin, haptoglobin, apolipoprotein A1, and total bilirubin…
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An update on the management of hepatitis C: consensus guidelines from the Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver. Key publication
Chronic hepatitis C remains a significant medical and economic burden in Canada…
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An independent and prospective comparison of two commercial fibrosis marker panels (HCV FibroSURE and FIBROSpect II) during albinterferon alfa-2b combination therapy for chronic hepatitis C.
…For detecting fibrosis stages 2-4 (prevalence 23% [22/95] and 21…
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Clinical Interest of Serum Alpha-2 Macroglobulin, Apolipoprotein A1, and Haptoglobin in Patients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, with and without Type 2 Diabetes, before or during COVID-19. Key publication
…without type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), alpha-2 macroglobulin (A2M), apolipoprotein A1…
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Including osteoprotegerin and collagen IV in a score-based blood test for liver fibrosis increases diagnostic accuracy.
…biomarkers. ### Results Five markers (alpha-2-macroglobulin, apolipoprotein-A1, AST, collagen IV…
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A prospective assessment of an 'a la carte' regimen of PEG-interferon alpha2b and ribavirin combination in patients with chronic hepatitis C using biochemical markers.
…The SVR in genotypes 2 or 3 was 85% (34/40) vs…
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Assessment of allograft fibrosis by transient elastography and noninvasive biomarker scoring systems in liver transplant patients.
…3 kPa for F> or =2, 10.9 kPa and 9.9…
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Improved inflammatory activity with peginterferon alfa-2b maintenance therapy in non-cirrhotic prior non-responders: a randomized study.
…Among patients treated for >2.5 years, improvement in MFS or activity…
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Fibrotest-Actitest: the biochemical marker of liver fibrosis--the Israeli experience.
…total bilirubin, gamma-glutamyltransferase, alpha-2 macroglobulin, haptoglobin, alanine aminotransferase, and apolipoprotein…
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Performance of serum apolipoprotein-A1 as a sentinel of Covid-19. Key publication
…of 90.6% (95%CI84.2-95.1) and a specificity of…
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Diagnostic value of biochemical markers (FibroTest-FibroSURE) for the prediction of liver fibrosis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Key publication
…When the 2 groups were pooled together a FT cutoff of 0…
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Biochemical markers of liver fibrosis in patients infected by hepatitis C virus: longitudinal validation in a randomized trial. Key publication
…Seventy-eight patients received 3 MU of IFN-alpha thrice weekly for…
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Diagnostic value of biochemical markers (NashTest) for the prediction of non alcoholo steato hepatitis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Key publication
### Background Liver biopsy is considered the gold standard for assessing histologic lesions…
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Non-invasive evaluation of the liver disease severity in children with chronic viral hepatitis using FibroTest and ActiTest - comparison with histopathological assessment.
…to mild fibrosis (METAVIR F1-2). Both the AT and FT values…
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External validation of LCR1-LCR2, a multivariable HCC risk calculator, in patients with chronic HCV. Key publication
…marker of fibrosis (alpha2-macroglobulin) and alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), a specific marker…
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Biochemical markers of liver fibrosis in patients with hepatitis C virus infection: a prospective study. Key publication
…alpha2 macroglobulin, alpha2 globulin (or haptoglobin), gamma globulin, apolipoprotein A1, gamma glutamyltranspeptidase…
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Applicability and precautions of use of liver injury biomarker FibroTest. A reappraisal at 7 years of age.
…1.97% in P4, 1.77% in HIV centre and 2.61…
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LCR1 and LCR2, two multi-analyte blood tests to assess liver cancer risk in patients without or with cirrhosis. Key publication
…To increase the specificity, we then combined (LCR2) these components with alpha…
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Non-cirrhotic thrombocytopenic patients with hepatitis C virus: Characteristics and outcome of antiviral therapy.
…43.9 [40.7-47.2] vs 52.7 [52.2-53…
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Validation of the Performance of A1HPV6, a Triage Blood Test for the Early Diagnosis and Prognosis of SARS-CoV-2 Infection.
…Similar kinetics of apolipoprotein A1, HP, and alpha-2-macroglobulin were observed…
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Interferon-γ-inducible protein-10 in chronic hepatitis C: Correlations with insulin resistance, histological features & sustained virological response.
### Background & Objectives One of the multiple factors contributing to virological response in…
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Performance of noninvasive markers for liver fibrosis is reduced in chronic hepatitis C with normal transaminases.
In chronic hepatitis C, biopsy is the gold standard for assessment of…
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Serum biochemical markers accurately predict liver fibrosis in HIV and hepatitis C virus co-infected patients.
…index incorporating age, sex, alpha(2)-macroglobulin, apolipoprotein A1, haptoglobin, bilirubin, and…
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Comparison of FibroTest-ActiTest with histopathology in demonstrating fibrosis and necroinflammatory activity in chronic hepatitis B and C.
### Aims FibroTest and ActiTest are noninvasive tests used in determining the level…
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Changes of non-invasive markers and FibroScan values during HCV treatment.
The recent advent of non-invasive methods for assessment of fibrosis allows…
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Sequential algorithms combining non-invasive markers and biopsy for the assessment of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B.
…diagnose significant fibrosis (F > or = 2 by METAVIR) and cirrhosis (F4 by…
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Prediction of liver histological lesions with biochemical markers in patients with chronic hepatitis B.
…aminotransferases and indices including alpha(2)-macroglobulin, apolipoprotein A1, haptoglobin, gamma-glutamyl…
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Serum apolipoprotein A1 and haptoglobin, in patients with suspected drug-induced liver injury (DILI) as biomarkers of recovery.
…apoliprotein-A1, haptoglobin and alpha-2-macroglobulin, in patients with DILI. ### Methods…
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Optimization and robustness of blood tests for liver fibrosis and cirrhosis.
### Objectives To optimize the performance and feasibility of fibrosis blood tests and…
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Hepatic and renal end-organ damage in the Fontan circulation: A report from the Australian and New Zealand Fontan Registry.
…1.73 m^2^) in 3/131 (2%). Microalbuminuria was detected in…
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Assessment of asymptomatic liver fibrosis in alcoholic patients using fibroscan: prospective comparison with seven non-invasive laboratory tests.
…for F > or = 2, and 85.7%, 84.2%, 68.6% and…
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HCV-GenoFibrotest: a combination of viral, liver and genomic (IL28b, ITPA, UGT1A1) biomarkers for predicting treatment response in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
…FibroTest remained significant [OR=4.20 (2.59-12.50); P=0…
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Validation of the FibroTest biochemical markers score in assessing liver fibrosis in hepatitis C patients.
…fibrosis was serum alpha(2)-macroglobulin (cutoff value, 2.52 g/L…
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External Validation of LCR1-LCR2, a Multivariable Hepatocellular Carcinoma Risk Calculator, in a Multiethnic Cohort of Patients With Chronic Hepatitis B. Key publication
…marker of fibrosis (alpha2-macroglobulin), and alpha-fetoprotein, a specific marker of…
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Effect of antiviral treatment on serum markers of liver fibrosis in HIV-hepatitis C virus-coinfected patients: the Fibrovic 2 Study - ANRS HC02.
### Background Non-invasive liver fibrosis scores have been proposed as alternatives to…
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GlycoFibroTest is a highly performant liver fibrosis biomarker derived from DNA sequencer-based serum protein glycomics.
Liver fibrosis is currently assessed by liver biopsy, a costly and rather…
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Three Neglected STARD Criteria Reduce the Uncertainty of the Liver Fibrosis Biomarker FibroTest-T2D in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD). Key publication
**Background/Objectives:** Bariatric surgery (BS), drugs approved for type-2-diabetes (T2D…
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Guidelines for the Prevention, Care and Treatment of Persons with Chronic Hepatitis B Infection
…and entecavir in children aged 2–11 years) for first- and second…
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Guidelines for the diagnosis of uncomplicated cirrhosis.
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A novel panel of blood markers to assess the degree of liver fibrosis.
…prothrombin index, aspartate aminotransferase, alpha2-macroglobulin (A2M), hyaluronate, urea, and age was…
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Non-invasive measurement of liver and pancreas fibrosis in patients with cystic fibrosis.
### Background Patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) have a relevant morbidity and mortality…
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Novel Biomarkers of Grade I Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in Type 2 Diabetes Patients with Metabolic-Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease.
…α2-macroglobulin > 1.92 g/L (area under the receiver operating characteristic…
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Diagnostic accuracy of the fibrotest in hemodialysis and renal transplant patients with chronic hepatitis C virus.
…negative predictive value of < 0.2 for excluding significant fibrosis was 77…
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Evaluation of FibroTest inter-laboratory variations requires standardization on analytical systems and should not be mixed with underpowered histological validation.
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An evaluation of the potential cost-effectiveness of non-invasive testing strategies in the diagnosis of significant liver fibrosis.
…liver fibrosis (Metavir score >or= 2) compared with liver biopsy. ### Methods We…
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Peta V, Ziol M, Imbert-Bismut F, et al., for the FibroFrance-GHPS-HECAM group
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FibroSURE and FibroScan in relation to treatment response in chronic hepatitis C virus.
…based therapy for 24 (genotypes 2/3) or 48 (genotype 1) wk…
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Utility of noninvasive methods for the characterization of nonalcoholic liver steatosis in the family practice. The "VARES" Italian multicenter study.
…Patients had mild (16.2%), moderate (69.9%), or severe (13.9…
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FibroTest is an independent predictor of virologic response in chronic hepatitis C patients retreated with pegylated interferon alfa-2b and ribavirin in the EPIC³ program.
…genotype 2/3 (odds ratio=2.9), fibrosis estimated with FT (4…
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Effective use of FibroTest to generate decision trees in hepatitis C.
…The FibroTest attributes of age, gender, bilirubin, apolipoprotein, haptoglobin, alpha2 macroglobulin, and…
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Current Possibilities to Assess the Degree of Liver Fibrosis in Patients with Haemophilia Infected with HCV--Review. Review
Haemophilia is an entity, wherein the HCV infection rate is greater than…
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Non-invasive diagnostic assessment tools for the detection of liver fibrosis in patients with suspected alcohol-related liver disease: a systematic review and economic evaluation.
…pre-selected cut-off thresholds; (2) the influence of potential confounding variables…
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Reproducibility of non-invasive fibrosis biomarkers, FibroMeter and FibroTest, could be improved by respecting the analytical standardizations.
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Validation of biochemical markers for the prediction of liver fibrosis and necroinflammatory activity in hemodialysis patients with chronic hepatitis C.
…Eleven of the 33 patients had scores ≤0.2, 6 had significant…
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Biochemical markers of fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C: a comparison with prothrombin time, platelet count, and age-platelet index.
…of five biochemical markers (alpha2-macroglobulin, apolipoprotein A1, haptoglobin, total bilirubin, gamma…
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Hepatitis C virus viremia and low platelet count: a study in a hepatitis B & C endemic area in Taiwan.
…CI]: 2.18-6.28) and positive HCV RNA (OR: 2.00…
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Biomarkers of liver fibrosis. Review
Liver biopsy, due to its limitations and risks, is an imperfect gold…
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Noninvasive methods, including transient elastography, for the detection of liver disease in adults with cystic fibrosis.
…At a threshold of >5.2 kPa, the sensitivity, specificity, positive and…
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[Results transferability on RXL, ARX, X-Pand, BN2 (Dade Behring) and modular DP (Roche Diagnostics) analysers: application to component assays of fibrotest and Actitest].
…Disregarding alpha-2 macroglobulin which cannot be assayed on RXL, the results…
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Evaluation and improvement of a reliable diagnosis of cirrhosis by blood tests.
…FibroMeter: 26.1% versus FibroTest: 2.0% (P<10(-3)). The cirrhosis…
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Comparison of Fibrotest and PGAA for the diagnosis of fibrosis stage in patients with alcoholic liver disease.
…transpeptidase, apolipoprotein A1, and α-2-macroglobulin) scored on a 0-4…
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Transient elastography and biomarkers for liver fibrosis assessment and follow-up of inactive hepatitis B carriers.
…Eleven inactive carriers (5.5%) had initial elevated TE values (>7.2…
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The diagnostic value of biomarkers (AshTest) for the prediction of alcoholic steato-hepatitis in patients with chronic alcoholic liver disease. Key publication
### Background/Aims The aim was to identify a panel of biomarkers (AshTest…
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[Prognosis assessment of alcoholic liver disease: how and why?]. Review
Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) causes more than 5000 deaths per year in…
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Biochemical surrogate markers of liver fibrosis and activity in a randomized trial of peginterferon alfa-2b and ribavirin.
…Three hundred fifty-two patients who had had 2 interpretable liver biopsies…
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Intra-laboratory analytical variability of biochemical markers of fibrosis (Fibrotest) and activity (Actitest) and reference ranges in healthy blood donors.
Combinations of tests comprising alpha2-macroglobulin, haptoglobin, apolipoprotein Al, gamma-glutamyltransferase, total…
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EASL clinical practical guidelines: management of alcoholic liver disease.
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Longitudinal assessment of histology surrogate markers (FibroTest-ActiTest) during lamivudine therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis B infection.
### Objectives The noninvasive serum markers, FibroTest-ActiTest (FT-AT), are an alternative…
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Prevalence of liver fibrosis and risk factors in a general population using non-invasive biomarkers (FibroTest).
…The prevalence of presumed fibrosis was 2.8%, (209/7,463), including…
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Diagnostic performance of FibroTest-ActiTest, transient elastography, and the fibrosis-4 index in patients with autoimmune hepatitis using histological reference. Key publication
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Non-invasive markers of liver fibrosis in chronic liver disease in a group of Mexican children. A multicenter study.
### Introduction Identifying liver fibrosis is important to evaluate the severity of liver…
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Predicting significant fibrosis in hepatitis C patients in Luxembourg using serological markers.
…In multivariate analysis AST, GGT and alpha2-macroglobulin had independent predictive power…
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Progression of Liver Fibrosis in HIV/HCV Co-Infection: A Comparison between Non-Invasive Assessment Methods and Liver Biopsy.
…increase in fibrosis, 8 participants; 2-stage, 1; 3-stage, 1). Among…
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Non-invasive diagnosis of steatosis, inflammatory changes and liver fibrosis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases. Pilot study.
### Introduction Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the most common…
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Guidelines for the Screening, Care and Treatment of Persons with Hepatitis C Infection Key publication
These are the first guidelines dealing with hepatitis C treatment produced by…
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Analytical variability of the Fibrotest proteins.
…haptoglobin, apolipoprotein A1 and alpha2 macroglobulin. The aim of this study was…
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Non-invasive assessment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Clinical prediction rules and blood-based biomarkers. Review
The correct identification of patients at increased risk of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis…
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Noninvasive biomarkers for the screening of fibrosis, steatosis and steatohepatitis in patients with metabolic risk factors: FibroTest-FibroMax experience. Key publication Review
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Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) biomarkers and progression of lower limb arterial calcification in patients with type 2 diabetes: a prospective cohort study. Key publication
…calcification in individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D) remains unclear. This study…
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Blood tests to diagnose fibrosis or cirrhosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection: a systematic review.
### Background Many blood tests have been proposed as alternatives to liver biopsy…
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Impact of hepatitis C and liver fibrosis on antiretroviral plasma drug concentrations in HIV-HCV co-infected patients: the HEPADOSE study.
### Objectives To compare plasma antiretroviral concentrations in HIV-HCV co-infected and…
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Fibrosis assessment in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Review
Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major cause of liver…
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Low 25-OH vitamin D serum levels correlate with severe fibrosis in HIV-HCV co-infected patients with chronic hepatitis.
…F2 and F1 patients (16.2 ± 10.0 vs. 18.9 ± 8…
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Prospective direct comparison of non-invasive liver tests in outpatients with type 2 diabetes using intention-to-diagnose analysis. Key publication
…2% for controlled attenuation parameter, 1.5% for TD-SWE, 1.2…
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FibroSURE as a noninvasive marker of liver fibrosis and inflammation in chronic hepatitis B.
### Background Noninvasive markers of liver fibrosis have not been extensively studied in…
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Prospective external validation of a new non-invasive test for the diagnosis of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in patients with type 2 diabetes. Key publication
### Background One of the unmet needs in patients with type 2 diabetes…
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Hepatitis B: are non-invasive markers of liver fibrosis reliable? Review
Liver biopsy, which was traditionally considered to be the gold standard for…
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Systematic review and meta-analysis of the diagnostic accuracy of fibrosis marker panels in patients with HIV/hepatitis C coinfection. Meta Analysis
…n = 4 studies], Forns' [n = 2], FibroTest [n = 1], SHASTA [n = 1…
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Discordance between liver biopsy and FibroTest in assessing liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B.
…FT score, such as α2-macroglobulin, apolipoprotein A1, haptoglobin, γ-glutamyl transpeptidase…
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Liver fibrosis markers in alcoholic liver disease. Review
…combining Prothrombin index (PI), α-2 macroglobulin and hyaluronic acid. Among these…
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The impact of bariatric surgery on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease as measured using non-invasive tests.
…m^2^ to 29.6 ± 4.5 kg/m^2^. Concomitantly, significant…
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Biochemical markers of liver fibrosis: a comparison with historical features in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
…markers with historical features; and 2) to determine the utility of combining…
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Stepwise combination algorithms of non-invasive markers to diagnose significant fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.
…1) significant fibrosis (F>or=2 by METAVIR) was identified with high…
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Liver fibrosis in young Egyptian beta-thalassemia major patients: relation to hepatitis C virus and compliance with chelation.
### Background The main causes of liver fibrosis in transfusion-dependent thalassemia major…
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Proficiency of transient elastography compared to liver biopsy for the assessment of fibrosis in HIV/HBV-coinfected patients.
…Using a cut-off of 5.9 kPa for F ≥ 2 and…
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Comparison of acoustic radiation force impulse imaging with transient elastography for the detection of complications in patients with cirrhosis.
### Background Acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) imaging is a new non-invasive…
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Prospective comparison of six non-invasive scores for the diagnosis of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.
### Background/Aims Non-invasive markers of liver fibrosis have recently been developed…
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Noninvasive Indirect Markers of Liver Fibrosis in Alcoholics.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic values of…
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Liver stiffness measurement and biochemical markers in Senegalese chronic hepatitis B patients with normal ALT and high viral load.
…HBV plasma DNA load ≥3.2 log(10) IU/mL and normal…
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Diagnostic accuracy of the Coopscore© to predict liver fibrosis in human immunodeficiency virus/hepatitis B virus co-infection.
Background Non-invasive methods for assessing liver fibrosis are increasingly used as…
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Complex non-invasive fibrosis models are more accurate than simple models in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
### Background And Aim Significant hepatic fibrosis is prognostic of liver morbidity and…
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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is independently linked to cardiometabolic morbidity and…
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Biomarkers for the prediction of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic alcoholic liver disease.
…The discordances of the 2 stages were attributed to biopsy failures in…
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Noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis in patients with Fontan circulation using transient elastography and biochemical fibrosis markers.
### Objective Studies have shown that patients with failing Fontan circulation may develop…
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Severity of Fontan-Associated Liver Disease Correlates with Fontan Hemodynamics.
…The median patient age was 16.0 years [IQR 14.2], and…
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Assessment of liver fibrosis and associated risk factors in HIV-infected individuals using transient elastography and serum biomarkers.
…Repeat TE examinations were conducted 1 and 2 years after study inclusion…
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Screening for liver fibrosis by using FibroScan(®) and FibroTest in patients with diabetes.
…By univariate analysis, factors associated with severe fibrosis were age, type 2…
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Assessment of methotrexate hepatotoxicity in psoriasis patients: a prospective evaluation of four serum fibrosis markers.
…Index PASI 13.5, range 2.2-33) at baseline and weeks…
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Prospective validation of FibroTest in comparison with liver stiffness for predicting liver fibrosis in Asian subjects with chronic hepatitis B.
…To predict significant fibrosis (F≥2), advanced fibrosis (F≥3), and cirrhosis…
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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, nocturnal hypoxia, and endothelial function in patients with sleep apnea.
…56 years; median BMI, 34.2 kg/m2 [33% with BMI<30…
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Comparison of liver fibrosis blood tests developed for HCV with new specific tests in HIV/HCV co-infection.
### Background & Aims We compared 5 non-specific and 2 specific blood tests…
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Impact of quality control accepted inter-laboratory variations on calculated Fibrotest/Actitest scores for the non-invasive biochemical assessment of liver fibrosis.
…Haptoglobin, ALT, gamma GT, alpha-2-macroglobulin, apolipoprotein A1 and bilirubin, required…
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Performance of the SteatoTest, ActiTest, NashTest and FibroTest in a multiethnic cohort of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
…The performance of the ActiTest and NashTest-2 to diagnose definite NASH…
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Independent prospective multicenter validation of biochemical markers (fibrotest-actitest) for the prediction of liver fibrosis and activity in patients with chronic hepatitis C: the fibropaca study. Key publication
…Among the 92 patients (18%) with 2 fibrosis stages of discordance between…
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Assessment of Selected Parameters of Liver Fibrosis and Inflammation in Patients with Diagnosed Cystic Fibrosis.
…found in 31/79 (39.2%) patients, while abnormal cholestasis parameters in…
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Long-term prognostic value of the FibroTest in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, compared to chronic hepatitis C, B, and alcoholic liver disease. Key publication
### Background Although the FibroTest has been validated as a biomarker to determine…
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Prospective evaluation of FibroTest®, FibroMeter®, and HepaScore® for staging liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B: comparison with hepatitis C.
…4, 95% CI 1.2-19.2, p<0.02) and low…
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Progression of liver fibrosis among injection drug users with chronic hepatitis C.
…After 4.2 years median follow-up, 21% had progression of fibrosis…
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A prospective analysis of the prognostic value of biomarkers (FibroTest) in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Key publication
### Background FibroTest, a noninvasive method of measuring biomarkers of liver fibrosis, is…
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Diagnostic and prognostic values of noninvasive biomarkers of fibrosis in patients with alcoholic liver disease. Key publication
…The median follow-up was 8.2 years. Eighty-five patients died…
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Validation of liver fibrosis biomarker (FibroTest) for assessing liver fibrosis progression: proof of concept and first application in a large population.
…male gender (Relative Risk=3.29), HIV co-infection (2.33), and…
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Noninvasive procedures to evaluate liver involvement in HIV-1 vertically infected children.
### Objectives : Progressive liver injury is a concern in HIV-infected children exposed…
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Slow regression of liver fibrosis presumed by repeated biomarkers after virological cure in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
…3% [(24-15) = 9/171); (2.4-9.8%)]. Four cases of…
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Accuracy of the Enhanced Liver Fibrosis Test vs FibroTest, Elastography, and Indirect Markers in Detection of Advanced Fibrosis in Patients With Alcoholic Liver Disease. Key publication
…made by transient elastography and 2-dimensional shear-wave elastography), and 6…
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Non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis in patients with alcoholic liver disease. Review
Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) consists of a broad spectrum of disorders, ranging…
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Prognostic value of liver fibrosis and steatosis biomarkers in type-2 diabetes and dyslipidaemia.
…The presence of advanced fibrosis [HR (95% CI)] [2.98 (95% CI…
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Validation and comparison of indexes for fibrosis and cirrhosis prediction in chronic hepatitis C patients: proposal for a pragmatic approach classification without liver biopsies.
Noninvasive indexes have been developed to predict fibrosis staging. The aim of…
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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease biomarkers estimate cardiovascular risk based on coronary artery calcium score in type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study with two independent cohorts. Key publication
…risk in individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D). The primary objective of…
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FibroTest and FibroScan for the prediction of hepatitis C-related fibrosis: a systematic review of diagnostic test accuracy. Meta Analysis
### Background The accurate diagnosis of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related fibrosis is…
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Overview of the diagnostic value of biochemical markers of liver fibrosis (FibroTest, HCV FibroSure) and necrosis (ActiTest) in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
SUMMARY: BACKGROUND: Recent studies strongly suggest that due to the limitations and…
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Assessment of liver fibrosis: noninvasive means.
…Among a total of 2,237 references, a total of 14 validated…
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Methodological aspects of the interpretation of non-invasive biomarkers of liver fibrosis: a 2008 update. Key publication Review
This review summarizes the methodological aspects of the interpretation of non-invasive…
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Comparison of three algorithms of non-invasive markers of fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.
…76.2%, P = 0.12). However, SAFE biopsy showed a lower accuracy…
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Non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis: Between prediction/prevention of outcomes and cost-effectiveness. Review
The assessment of the fibrotic evolution of chronic hepatitis has always been…
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Systematic review with meta-analysis: direct comparisons of biomarkers for the diagnosis of fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C and B. Meta Analysis
### Background Blood tests and transient elastography (TE), proposed as alternatives to biopsy…
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Management of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Call to Action. Review
…Endocrinologists and those caring for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM…
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FibroTest-ActiTest as a non-invasive marker of liver fibrosis. Key publication Meta Analysis
FibroTest (FT) is a biomarker of liver fibrosis initially validated in patients…
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Transient elastography and other noninvasive tests to assess hepatic fibrosis in patients with viral hepatitis. Review
The limitations of liver biopsy (invasive procedure, sampling errors, inter-observer variability…
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Non-invasive markers for hepatic fibrosis. Review
With great advancements in the therapeutic modalities used for the treatment of…
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FibroTest/Fibrosure for significant liver fibrosis and cirrhosis in chronic hepatitis B: a meta-analysis. Meta Analysis
…80 (72-86%), and 6.2% (3.3-11.9), respectively. The…
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Non-invasive diagnosis of hepatitis B virus-related cirrhosis. Review
Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) infection is a major public health problem associated…
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EASL-ALEH Clinical Practice Guidelines: Non-invasive tests for evaluation of liver disease severity and prognosis. Key publication
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