Serum amyloid P component and pro-platelet basic protein in extracellular vesicles or serum are novel markers of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C patients

• Kumiko Shirai,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan

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• Hayato Hikita,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan

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• Sadatsugu Sakane,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan

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• Ryohei Narumi,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Laboratory of Proteome Research/Proteome for Drug Discovery, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan

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• Jun Adachi,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Laboratory of Proteome Research/Proteome for Drug Discovery, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan

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• Akira Doi,

  Roles Data curation, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan

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• Satoshi Tanaka,

  Roles Data curation, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital, Chuoku, Osaka, Japan

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• Yuki Tahata,

  Roles Data curation, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan

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• Ryoko Yamada,

  Roles Data curation, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan

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• Takahiro Kodama,

  Roles Data curation, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan

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• Ryotaro Sakamori,

  Roles Data curation, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1580-607X

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• Tomohide Tatsumi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan

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• Eiji Mita,

  Roles Data curation, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital, Chuoku, Osaka, Japan

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• Takeshi Tomonaga,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Laboratory of Proteome Research/Proteome for Drug Discovery, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan

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• Tetsuo Takehara

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: takehara@gh.med.osaka-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5036-3457

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