SOX9 and hepatocellular carcinoma: In addition, we found 98 (75.38%) of 130 HCC tissues with high SOX9 expression and 32 (24.62%) of 130 HCC tissues with low SOX9 expression, while 6 (4.62%) of 130 adjacent nonneoplastic liver tissues with high SOX9 expression and 124 (95.38%) of 130 adjacent nonneoplastic liver tissues with low SOX9 expression.