To determine the molecular mechanism underlying BMAL1 suppression of HCC cell growth and metastasis, we first analyzed potential transcriptional targets of BMAL1 using two public datasets of BMAL1 chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) (GEO accession numbers: GSE26602 and GSE110604) 16, 17. Here, BMAL1 is linked to hepatocellular carcinoma.