GOLPH3 and hepatocellular carcinoma: The results showed that GOLPH3 was overexpressed in seven HCC cell lines (MHCC-97H, HCC-LM3, SNU-449, Huh7, SK-hep-1, Hep3B and HepG2), whereas the human immortalized hepatocyte cell line LO2 and one HCC line PLC/PRF/5 had lower levels of GOLPH3 (Fig. 1a, b).