HGF can be easily measured, without specific preparation of the dialysate sample, by commercially available highly specific assay (IBL-Immuno-Biological Laboratories Co.Ltd), with acceptable inter-assay variability (10%); it is constitutively synthesized by human peritoneal mesothelial cells, blocks high glucose-induced epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and was implicated in the inhibition of the transforming growth factor β1 signaling, ameliorating peritoneal fibrosis in an ex-vivo study[13]. Here, HGF is linked to Peritoneal Fibrosis.