LOXL2 and hepatocellular carcinoma: Next, we assessed the mRNA expression profiles in hepatocellular carcinoma HepG2 cells (named Control group), HepG2 cells transfected with plasmid LOXL2 to upregulate LOXL2 expression (named LOXL2 group), HepG2 cells treated with CoCl2 (named CoCl2 group).