The expression of eight of these genes (TBCE, INTS8, VIPR1, CLEC4M, MARCO, DNASE1L3, CRHBP, and FCN2) was confirmed in 11 tissues of HCC patients compared with matched paracancerous tissues by RT-qPCR (Fig. 2a). This evidence concerns the gene VIPR1 and hepatocellular carcinoma.