MMP2 and hepatocellular carcinoma: The association between EIF5A2 expression and either MMP2 expression or angiogenesis in 212 HCC patients were further assessed using immunohistochemistry on a tissue micro-array (TMA) platform, which demonstrated that EIF5A2 expression was significantly associated with MMP-2 expression as well as MVD (P=0.022 and P=0.030) (Table.