Elevated Soluble Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor 75 Concentrations Identify Patients With Liver Cirrhosis at Risk of Death

Elevated sTNF-R 75 levels independently predicted mortality and improved MELD on the basis of evaluation of prognosis, especially in patients with high MELD scores. Thus, sTNF-R 75 levels might be a useful cytokine-based prognostic marker in patients with liver cirrhosis.