In hospitalized patients with AD cirrhosis, further laboratory tests were available at 14-days and 28-days following liver biopsy; hepatic caspase-4 expression was also significantly correlated with MELD score at day 14 post-biopsy (r = 0.2587, p = 0.027), and more strongly correlated with MELD score at day 28 post-biopsy (r = 0.4800, p < 0.001). The gene discussed is CASP4; the disease is Alzheimer disease.