MBL2 and hepatocellular carcinoma: Our study also revealed that −550 and −221 polymorphisms in promoter region and codon 54 B mutation were correlated with elevated HCC risk among study subjects, it is generally acknowledged that all these polymorphisms are contributed to the reduction on serum MBL2 level, therefore, it can be assume that the reduced MBL2 level could possibly be a risk factor of HCC.