Individuals with higher scores of liver fibrosis (i.e. F3-F4 scores) produced significantly less Bcl-2 in response to IL-7 (10ng/ml) compared to those with lower degrees of fibrosis (i.e. F0-F2) (p = 0.02, unpaired Student’s t-test) (Fig 3G). This evidence concerns the gene BCL2 and Hepatic fibrosis.