Cyclosporine versus tacrolimus in patients with HCV infection after liver transplantation: Effects on virus replication and recurrent hepatitis

Figure 1 Box–whisker's plot of log₁₀-transformed HCV-RNA concentrations in dependence on group (immunosuppression) and time.

Figure 2 Correlation of HCV-RNA level in serum with ALT activity. Scatter plot with HCV-RNA concentrations on the y-axis and ALT activity on the x-axis, both on log₁₀-scale.

Figure 3 Box–whisker's plot of log₁₀-transformed ALT activities in dependence on group (immunosuppression) and time.

Figure 4 Proportion of HCV-infected patients under CsA or Tac medication with normal transaminase activities at different time points post LTx. A: Percentage of patients with normal ALT; B: percentage of patients with normal and AST. P-values were calculated by x² test.

Figure 5 Intrahepatic inflammatory activity and fibrosis post LTx depending on immunosuppression. A: Necroinflammatory activity histologically scored by the subscores for portal inflammation of the Knodell’s hepatic activity index (HAI); B: grade of fibrosis in the graft. Fibrosis was scored according to the appropriate subscores of the HAI.