In concordance with the results for CD20+ cells, high or low infiltration by CD79a+ cells in the Im around the tumor also showed no correlation with clinical factors like gender, age, T stage, bridging therapy and also not with presence of hepatitis B or C. Comparable to the results for CD20+ cells, there was a significant correlation of cirrhosis with higher levels of infiltrating CD79a+ cells in the infiltration margin (Supplementary Table 2). Here, CD79A is linked to hepatitis B virus infection.