“…Other series subdivide patients with BA into groups with good, worse, and bad outcome, respectively. Herein c-kit, which is expressed from mast cells, reflects the degree of hepatic fibrosis as well the transforming growth factor-b-1 and procollagen-IIIpeptide (2,4,14,22,24,44). Plasmaendothelin-1, a potent vasoconstrictor, correlates with the severity of liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension, as well as intercellular (ICAM) and vascular cell adhesion molecules (VCAM) (11,14).…”