The relative mRNA expression of CXCL5 of HCC patients were higher than patients with liver cirrhosis, patients with Chronic HBV infection (Figure 6A), also the ELISA detected results of CXCL5 of HCC patients were higher than patients with liver cirrhosis, patients with Chronic HBV infection (Figure 6B). Here, CXCL5 is linked to cirrhosis of liver.