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. 2015 Apr 24;20(4):715–719. doi: 10.1007/s12192-015-0592-1

Table 2.

Class I biomarker of liver fibrogenesis (cirrhosis)

AUC Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) Method Reference
Mortalin autoantibody 0.865 87.5 72 ELISA
Hyaluronic acid (hyaluronan) 0.854 80 80 ELISA Saitou et al. 2005
Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF/CCN2) 0.829 78 87.5 ELISA Kovalenko et al. 2009
YKL-40 0.795 80 71 ELISA Saitou et al. 2005
N-terminal propeptide (PIIINP) 0.79 77 66 ELISA Saitou et al. 2005
Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMP-1) 0.765 83.3 61.5 ELISA Pereira et al. 2004
(Pro)matrix metalloproteinase (MMP-2) 0.598 62.9 59.7 ELISA Pereira et al. 2004
Type IV-collagen 0.596 60 61 ELISA Saitou et al. 2005