MTOR and hepatocellular carcinoma: M tissues (25.8±18) showed the lowest mTOR transcript levels, which were statistically lower than in CH (q = 0.003), CIRR (q = 0.004), PHCC (39.7±18; q = 0.01), HCC (q = 0.005) and NM (37.4±15; q = 0.03) (Fig 1A).