ACUTE LIVER FAILURE INHIBITOR AND MEDICINAL EFFECT EVALUATION METHOD THEREFOR

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide effective and safe means for therapy of acute liver failure, excluding liver transplantation, and means for evaluation of its therapeutic effect.SOLUTION: An HGF medicinal effect evaluation method comprises measuring the amount of α-fetoprotein (liver regeneration biomarker) and/or soluble Fas (anti-apoptotic biomarker) in a sample from a patient of hepatic dysfunction having liver cell growth factor (HGF) administered thereto.SELECTED DRAWING: None