Association between YKL-40 and liver fibrosis / 临床肝胆病杂志

ABSTRACT

YKL-40 is an emerging inflammatory marker with the highest expression level in the liver. This article summarizes the research advances in YKL-40 as a serological marker for liver fibrosis. The analysis shows that YKL-40 can effectively evaluate the severity of liver fibrosis and thus holds promise for clinical application. Due to limited diagnostic efficiency of a single index, the combination of YKL-40 diagnostic model and other serological markers will become a research hotspot in the future.