LTB and hepatocellular carcinoma: Indeed, strong LTβ expression in 100% of tumors together with complete abrogation of HCV-linked tumorigenesis in animals invalidated for canonical NF-κB signaling, which acts both as an upstream activator and a downstream effector of LT pathway, prompt us to speculate that an autoregulatory loop involving LT and NF-κB might exist in HCV-linked HCC.