The related article entitled “Determination of ADAMTS13 and its clinical significance for ADAMTS13 supplementation therapy to improve the survival of patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis” reviews the role of the deficiency of the metalloproteinase ADAMTS13 in end-stage liver cirrhosis in inducing platelet clumping or thrombi and how the resulting sinusoidal microcirculatory disturbances causes further liver damage and is closely related to further deterioration of liver function, hepatic encephalopathy, hepatorenal syndrome, and intractable ascites in advanced liver cirrhosis. The gene discussed is ADAMTS13; the disease is liver disorder.