mTOR and LC3 gene expression analysis was done using n.213 RNAs extracted from: n.58 tissues of chronic hepatitis (CH); n.12 cirrhotic (CIRR); n.26 tissues surrounding HCC (PHCC); n.26 HCC; n.36 histologically normal liver tissue resected as far as possible from the metastatic nodule (NM); n.27 tissues surrounding the metastatic nodules (PM); n.23 metastatic nodule (M); n.5 controls (CTRL). Here, MTOR is linked to cyclic hematopoiesis.