ANGPT2 and cryohydrocytosis: Methods: Serum concentrations of 12 cytokines (IL-5, IL-13, IL-2, IL-6, IL-9, IL-10, IFN-γ, TNF-α, IL-17A, IL-17F, IL-4 and IL-22) and 6 growth factors (Angiopoietin-2, EGF, EPO, HGF, SCF, VEGF) were analyzed in 56 CHC patients at four time points (baseline, week 4, week 8 and SVR12) with bead-based flow cytometry assay.