EIF4EBP1 and hepatocellular carcinoma: We also detected both EIF4EBP1 and phosphorylated EIF4EBP1 in 26 of 88 HCC samples by immunohistochemistry (data not show here), and the results show that EIF4EBP1 level also is positively correlated with phosphorylated EIF4EBP1 level (r = 0.498, P = 0.01).