MTOR and hepatocellular carcinoma: KEGG pathway analysis presented that upregulated DEGs were obviously abundant in signaling pathways regulating pluripotency of stem cells, mTOR signaling pathway, Hippo signaling pathway, RNA degradation, hepatocellular carcinoma, adrenergic signaling in cardiomyocytes, PI3K-Akt signaling pathway, and other pathways (Figure 2(a)).