CRP and hepatocellular carcinoma: Statistics showed that the numbers of TAMs and TANs in the NT region, but not IT region, of HCC tissues were significantly higher in patients with an elevated serum CRP level than in those with a low CRP level (both p < 0.0001; Figure 2B), whereas no difference in the infiltration of CD8+ T cells or CD11b+ cells was observed in either NT or IT regions (Figure 2B).