Role of Hepatocyte growth factor in chronic liver disease / 中国基层医药

ABSTRACT

Objective To discussed the significance of serum Hepatocyte growth factor(HGF) in chronic liver diseases.Methods 50 cases with hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC),59 cases with liver cirrhosis(LC),38 cases with chronic hepatitis(CH) and 36 healthy people were detected by enzyme linkedimmunosorbent assay(ELISA).Results The serum HGF levels of patients of HCC,LC,CH and normal control were(45.64?40.68)pg/ml,(630.84?469.12)pg/ml,(59.24?36.13)pg/ml,(8.02?5.51)pg/ml,espectively.Serum HGF levels of HCC and LC patients were significantly higher than those of healthy group(t=2.794,t=2.851,P