Gremlin in the pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma complicating chronic hepatitis C: an immunohistochemical and PCR study of human liver biopsies

Table 7 Correlations between BMP-7 mRNA levels and studied markers among groups

BMP 7	Grade	Stage	Ductular reaction	CK 19	FGF 2	Gremlin
HCV
r	−0.311	0.217	0.076	0.264	0.136	0.051
p	0.241	0.418	0.780	0.324	0.608	0.851
Cirrhosis
r	0.284	0.134	0.576 ^*	0.065	0.196	0.602*
p	0.326	0.635	0.031	0.825	0.501	0.023

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