Table 1. Comparison of PBC stage IV with HCV related cirrhosis. Data are expressed as Means ± Standard Deviation.

	PBC	HCV-C
EpCAM + DR extension (%)	3.37±1.33	0.78±0.46*
vWF + vessel extension (%)	1.85±0.44	0.38±0.29*
EpCAM + hepatocytes (score)	1.75±0.5	0.75±0.5**
PCNA (% of positive cells)	62.45±9.22	30.33±8.45*
VEGF-A (% of positive cells)	37.3±15.1	11.3±2.9*
VEGF-C (% of positive cells)	26.7±13.7	8.2±4.2**
VEGF-R1 (% of positive cells)	27.4±6.7	15.5±7.9**
VEGF-R2 (% of positive cells)	none	none
VEGF-R3 (% of positive cells)	34.1±12.4	21.7±5.2**

*P<0.01 versus PBC; **P<0.05 versus PBC