Table 1.

Correlation between TGF-β/p-Smad2 and IL-13 in liver fibrosis patients with different etiologies.

	TGF-β/p-Smad2	IL-13
HBV	High positive correlation (Stickel et al., 2001; Akpolat et al., 2005; Weng et al., 2009)	Positive correlation (Weng et al., 2009)
HCV	No correlation (Roulot et al., 1995; Weng et al., 2009)	Positive correlation (Weng et al., 2009)
ASH	High positive correlation (Weng et al., 2009)	High positive correlation (Weng et al., 2009)
NASH	High positive correlation (Weng et al., 2009)	High positive correlation (Shimamura et al., 2008; Weng et al., 2009)
Schistosomiasis	Negative correlation (Alves Oliveira et al., 2006; Weng et al., 2009)	High positive correlation (Booth et al., 2004; Weng et al., 2009)
Others	Unknown	Unknown