MCM3 and hepatocellular carcinoma: We further investigated the correlation of MCM3 expression and NF-κB pathway activation in the clinic, MCM3 expression correlated with the mRNA levels of NF-κB pathway downstream genes including Bcl-xL, CCND1 and VEGF-C, and the translocation of p65 into nuclear (Fig. 7), confirming MCM3 expression related to NF-κB pathway activation in human HCC samples.