Western blotting experiment result demonstrated the miR-155-5p inhibitor treatment or ZBTB18 overexpression rescued the reduced expression of Twist, Snail, N-cadherin, Vimentin, P-FAK, and P-paxillin, as well as decreased the upregulated E-cadherin level in circTP63-knockdown HCC cells (Additional file 1: Figure S5). This evidence concerns the gene TWIST1 and hepatocellular carcinoma.