HLA-G and hepatocellular carcinoma: Accumulating evidence has shown that HLA-G is highly expressed in a variety of tumour tissues, including breast cancer [11], cervical cancer [12], hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) [13], oesophageal carcinoma (EC) [14], thyroid carcinoma [15], lung cancer [14], gastric cancer [14], colorectal cancer (CRC) [14], and renal cell carcinoma [16].