Role of the Mac-2 binding protein glycosylation isomer in diagnosis of chronic liver diseases / 临床肝胆病杂志

ABSTRACT

Mac-2 binding protein is a type of glycoprotein which exits in cytoplasm, interstitial fluid, and plasma and is secreted by a variety of tissues and organs. Mac-2 binding protein glycosylation isomer (M2BPGi) is synthesized by hepatic stellate cells. This article briefly introduces the research advances in the role of M2BPGi in chronic liver diseases and finds out that the serum level of M2BPGi helps to increase the specificity and sensitivity of the diagnosis and monitoring of liver diseases, has certain advantages over other noninvasive methods, and may become a new biological marker for the diagnosis of liver diseases.