Soluble Axl is an accurate biomarker of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma development: results from a large scale multicenter analysis.

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Published in Oncotarget on May 03, 2017

Authors

Mirko Dengler1, Katharina Staufer2,3, Heidemarie Huber1, Rudolf Stauber4, Heike Bantel5, Karl Heinz Weiss6, Patrick Starlinger7, Hannelore Pock4, Petra Klöters-Plachky6, Daniel N Gotthardt6, Peter Rauch8, Carolin Lackner9, Judith Stift10, Christine Brostjan7, Thomas Gruenberger7, Takashi Kumada11, Hidenori Toyoda11, Toshifumi Tada11, Thomas S Weiss12, Michael Trauner3, Wolfgang Mikulits1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine I, Institute of Cancer Research, Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
2: Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
3: Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
4: Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
5: Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
6: University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
7: Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
8: Candor Bioscience GmbH, Wangen im Allgäu, Germany.
9: Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
10: Clinical Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
11: Department of Gastroenterology, Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Ogaki, Japan.
12: Center for Liver Cell Research, Children's University Hospital (KUNO), University of Regensburg Hospital, Regensburg, Germany.

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