KIF11 and hepatocellular carcinoma: When comparing Eg5 expression in cancerous and noncancerous tissues, we found that Eg5 mRNA expression was significantly higher in the HCC tissues than in the normal tissues (1.967 ± 0.020 versus 1.754 ± 0.024, resp.; t = 6.559, p < 0.0001) (Figure 1(a)).