ALT	alanine aminotransferase (glutamic pyruvic transaminase, GPT)
ALP	alkaline phosphatase
AST	aspartate aminotransferase (glutamic oxalic transaminase, GOT)
CCK	Caspase-cleaved cytokeratin (8 and 18) M-30 and M-65
DAMPs	danger-associated molecular patterns
EBV	Epstein–Barr virus
EGF	endothelial growth factor
ELISA	enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay;
FasL/TNFSF6	factor-related apoptosis ligand
Fas	ligand, a member of tumor necrosis factor super-family
FDA	Food and Drug Administration
GGT	γ-glutamyl transferase
HBV	hepatitis virus B
HCC	hepatocellular carcinoma
HCV	hepatitis virus C
HCV-RNA	hepatitis C virus ribonucleic acid
HHV6	human herpes virus 6
IFN	interferon
IL	interleukin
INR	international normalized ratio
IRF	interferon regulatory factor
ISGs	IFN-stimulated genes
ISRE	IFN-stimulated response element
IU/L	international units/liter
Jak	Janus kinase
mean ± st. d	mean ± standard deviation
MIP	macrophage inflammatory protein-1 (CCR5 ligand)
MMP	matrix metalloprotease
NFκB	nuclear factor-κB
NLRP	NOD-like receptor pyrin domain
PAI -1	plasminogen activator inhibitor 1
PAMPs	pathogen-associated molecular patterns
pro-CASP-1	procaspase 1
PICP	C-terminal procollagen I peptide
PIIINP	amino-terminal propeptide of procollagen type III
PRRs	pattern recognition receptors
PYCARD	apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a CARD ASC
RANTES (CCL5)	regulated upon activation normal T cell expressed and secreted
RNA	ribonucleic acid
TGF	β-transforming growth factor beta
TIMP	tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase
TNF-α	tumor necrosis factor alpha
TLR	Toll-like receptors
VEGF	vascular endothelial growth factor