Successful antiviral therapy is associated with a decrease of serum prohepcidin in chronic hepatitis C

Figure 1 Baseline concentration of prohepcidin in healthy individuals as well as in hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 and genotype 3 patients. Dots indicate individual values in studied groups, boxes depict mean and standard error of mean, bars show standard deviations.

Figure 2 Serum prohepcidin concentrations in chronic hepatitis C during antiviral therapy with respect to the treatment response. R: Responders [HCV-RNA undetectable 6 mo after the end of pegylated interferon (PEG-IFN) + ribavirin (RBV) therapy]; NR: Non-responders (HCV-RNA positive 6 mo after the end of PEG-IFN + RBV therapy).