LPCAT1 and hepatocellular carcinoma: Collectively, a combined SMD value of 0.63 [0.35, 0.90] integrated in-house RT-qPCR results and external datasets and verified the increased mRNA expression levels of LPCAT1 in 3715 HCC tissue samples in comparison with 3105 non-HCC tissue samples (Additional file 4: Figure S2a).