Time-Course Changes of Serum Keratin Concentrations after Liver Transplantation: Contrasting Results of Keratin-18 and Keratin-19 Fragments

Table 2

Correlation between serum keratin concentrations and standard liver markers in the immediate posttransplant period.

	Day +1			Day +3			Day +6
	AST (IU/L)	ALT (IU/L)	Bilirubin (mg/dL)	AST (IU/L)	ALT (IU/L)	Bilirubin (mg/dL)	AST (IU/L)	ALT (IU/L)	Bilirubin (mg/dL)
CYFRA 21-1 (U/L)	0.273	0.152	0.681	0.618	0.409	0.191	0.451	0.183	0.781
TPS (U/L)	0.855	0.818	0.401	0.900	0.818	0.182	0.724	0.320	0.603
M30 (U/L)	0.661	0.697	0.602	0.691	0.655	0.382	0.287	0.078	0.461

CYFRA 21-1, keratin-19 fragment; TPS, tissue polypeptide specific antigen (keratin-18); M30, neoepitope generated during apoptosis in caspase-cleaved keratin-18; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase. and .