DMP1 and hepatocellular carcinoma: Protein-protein interaction network (Figure 5) generated using ToppGenet (https://toppgene.cchmc.org) and complement genes showed close associations with several molecules that either positively (ADM, APOA1, ATP12A, BIRC5, CFB, CHD1, DLG4, GRB2, ITGA2, ITGB1, KRAS, LCK) or negatively (APCS, BRCA2, CASK, CD27, CD81, CD82, DMP1, FCN2, GRK2, LLGL1) regulate the pathogenesis of HCC.