The level of TLR4 (P=0.61), IFNG (P=0.66), TNFSF10 (P=0.26), ATF3 (P=0.19), DUSP1 (P=0.39), FPR2 (P=0.5), and RHOB (P=0.058) had no obvious difference in overall survival of HCC patients (Figure 3). This evidence concerns the gene ATF3 and hepatocellular carcinoma.