One of the ways to investigate the anti‐inflammatory effect of MSCs on HCC xenografts is by determining the expression of various inflammatory mediators such as IL‐1α, IL‐2, IL‐4, IL‐8, IL‐10, TNF‐α and transforming growth factor‐β (TGF‐β) . The gene discussed is TNF; the disease is hepatocellular carcinoma.