VEGFA and hepatocellular carcinoma: In addition to playing potential inflammation regulators in IL-6, IL-27, and TNF-α, our study found these mediators with VEGF expressed strongly in HCC-total or separate HCC as compared to CH or HG cases (Figure 1), which was compatible with prior studies: IL-6, IL-27, and TNF-α could, like VEGF, play a pivotal role in carcinogenesis [12,16,24,26,28].