Table 2.

The key proteins in the protein–protein interaction network of decompensated HCV-cirrhosis. The data are sorted according to degree score from largest to smallest. The asterisked nodes are introduced as hub-bottleneck (high degree and BC).The cut-off for BC is ≥ 0.05

BC	Degree	Gene Name	Protein Name
0.08367	38	ALB*	Albumin
0.07169	37	HP*	Haptoglobin
0.03665	30	TSPO	Translocator protein (18kDa)
0.03467	29	PRDM10	PR domain containing 10
0.01734	27	APOA1	Apolipoprotein A-I
0.02253	26	APOE	Apolipoprotein E
0.02030		26	TF	Transferrin
0.01539		26	IL6	Interleukin 6 (interferon, beta 2)