The GSE14520 dataset (225 HCC tumor tissues and 220 liver non-tumor tissues) lacked the data for GLDN and USHBP1 expression, but the expression of the other three genes ANGPT2 (p=0.001), EMCN (p < 0.001), ZNF532 (p < 0.001) were significantly higher in the HCC tissues compared to the adjacent normal liver tissue samples (Figure 6N–6P). Here, EMCN is linked to hepatocellular carcinoma.