Elevated serum levels of Wisteria floribunda agglutinin‐positive human Mac‐2 binding protein predict the development of hepatocellular carcinoma in hepatitis C patients
Kazumi Yamasaki, Masakuni Tateyama, Seigo Abiru, Atsumasa Komori, Shinya Nagaoka, Akira Saeki, Satoru Hashimoto, Ryu Sasaki, Shigemune Bekki, Yuki Kugiyama, Yuri Miyazoe, Atsushi Kuno, Masaaki Korenaga, Akira Togayachi, Makoto Ocho, Masashi Mizokami, Hisashi Narimatsu, Hiroshi Yatsuhashi – 12 July 2014 – The Wisteria floribunda agglutinin‐positive human Mac‐2‐binding protein (WFA+‐M2BP) was recently shown to be a liver fibrosis glycobiomarker with a unique fibrosis‐related glycoalteration.