MALAT1 and Hepatic fibrosis: For analysis of correlation of the plasma EVs-Lnc-MALAT1 with liver fibrogenesis, the 60 liver fibrosis patients were further divided into a high fibrosis group (21 patients, scoring = 3–4) and a low fibrosis group (39 patients, scoring = 1–2) according to the pathological Ishak scoring.