ANGPT1 and hepatitis C virus infection: This result is in line with previous findings of a study displaying activation of the Ang 1–7/Mas receptor axis in 7 patients with liver cirrhosis undergoing liver transplantation24 and another study that showed increased levels of Ang 1–7 in the plasma of 9 cirrhotic patients and 23 non-cirrhotic patients with hepatitis C compared to healthy controls25.