Thus, its expression levels have been found to be elevated in tumors or other rapidly dividing cells and are present at low levels in normal or quiescent cells [11-16], in line with which, the Q-PCR and western blot analyses performed in the current study both showed the higher expression of nucleolin in HCC tissues than in adjacent non-neoplastic liver tissues. The gene discussed is NUCLEOLIN; the disease is hepatocellular carcinoma.