Comparing the mean H-scores for patients with cirrhosis only versus those with HCC, we found that staining for both TGFBR1 and TGFBR2 was slightly but not significantly higher for the patients with cirrhosis only (TGFBR1 mean 196.1 ± 44.6 versus 174.6 ± 62.6, p = 0.10; TGFBR2 mean 145.2 ± 78.9 versus 113.7 ± 67.9, p = 0.06). Here, TGFBR2 is linked to hepatocellular carcinoma.