Consistent with the consequences of flow cytometry, western blot showed that si-SOCS5 transfected HCC cells showed overexpression of Bcl-2, Bcl-xl and Cyclin-D1, and lower abundance of Bax compared to solo miR-522-3p inhibitor group (Figure 8(h)). The gene discussed is BCL2L1; the disease is hepatocellular carcinoma.