BCL2L1 and hepatocellular carcinoma: These differences were confirmed also considering only HCV-infected tissues: Bcl-xL mRNA expression in HCC (64.92 ± 29.9) was significantly lower than in CIRR (107.50 ± 47.6, P = 0.05) or CH (96.53 ± 34.2, P = 0.023).