Nine of the 18 differentially expressed genes were significantly up-regulated in LIHC tumour samples, and the area under curves (AUC) of the combination seven genes (ADRA2B, ERAP2, NPC1L1, PLVAP, POMC, PYROXD2, TRIM29) in classifying tumours with normal samples was greater than 0.99. This evidence concerns the gene PLVAP and neoplasm.