Performance of the PRO-C3 collagen neo-epitope biomarker in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

ABSTRACT: There is an unmet need for non-invasive biomarkers in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) that can diagnose advanced disease and identify patients suitable for clinical trials. The PRO-C3 collagen neo-epitope is a putative direct marker of fibrogenesis. We assessed the performance of PRO-C3 in a large, well-characterised international NAFLD cohort and report the development and validation of 2 novel panels for the diagnosis of advanced fibrosis (F≥3) in NAFLD, including a simplified clinical score which eliminates the need for online calculators.

Methods

Plasma PRO-C3 levels were determined in a prospectively recruited international cohort of 449 patients with biopsy diagnosed NAFLD across the full disease spectrum (F0: n = 90; F1: 100; F2: 92; F3: 101; F4: 66). The cohort was

SUBMITTER: Boyle M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7001575 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature