Otherwise, the levels of BCORL1 protein in HCC cell lines (MHCC97H and HCCLM3) with high metastatic ability were evidently higher than those in HCC cell lines (HepG2 and Hep3B) with low metastatic ability (P < 0.05, Fig. 1b). This evidence concerns the gene BCORL1 and hepatocellular carcinoma.