Dynamics of cytokines predicts risk of hepatocellular carcinoma among chronic hepatitis C patients after viral eradication

Figure 2 Cytokine expression between the hepatocellular carcinoma and non-hepatocellular carcinoma groups among chronic hepatitis C patients with advanced fibrosis. A: Tumor necrosis factor-α; B: Tumor necrosis factor-like weak inducer of apoptosis. Δ = (posttreatment cytokine level) - (pretreatment cytokine level). The bar represents the means ± SE. The P value was tested by the Mann–Whitney U test. HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma; TNF-α: Tumor necrosis factor-α; TWEAK: TNF-like weak inducer of apoptosis; IFN: Interferon; Pre-Tx: Pretreatment; Post-Tx: Posttreatment.