IL1B and hepatocellular carcinoma: Furthermore, the comparison of their expression levels between HCIM and HCDM were conducted, and showed that the expression level of IL1B was higher in HCDM than that in HCIM (P = 0.02), and showed a positive correlation to the progression of hepatic carcinoma (Spearman correlation coefficient: S = 0.888, P value < 0.001).