We verified the expression of the CMGs (TNFSF4, TNFRSF4, TMIGD2, TNFRSF11A, TNFRSF11B, CD40LG) in 43 pairs of tumorous and non-tumorous tissue specimens from patients with HCC using qRT-PCR analysis (Fig. 11). This evidence concerns the gene CD40LG and hepatocellular carcinoma.