Chi-square test was applied to analyze correlations between intra-tumoral B3GALNT2 levels and clinicopathological features in HCC patients, and the data show that upregulation of B3GALNT2 is significantly correlated with tumor size (p = 0.01188) and T stage (p = 0.00328) among all the pathological factors (Fig. 1g, Additional file 2: Table S1). Here, B3GALNT2 is linked to hepatocellular carcinoma.