AXL and hepatocellular carcinoma: The interaction between Axl and HBV and whether this molecule has prognostic role in patients with HCV infection or other etiologies remain to be determined; (4) Although less addressing the mechanisms exerted by Axl, based on both the mechanism of Axl reported by few papers and the results of Table 1, we supposed that Axl was associated with angiogenesis in HBV related HCC.