Next, we analyzed the correlation between the clinicopathological parameters of HCC and RPS24 expression in the TCGA database, showing that the RPS24 mRNA levels were significantly higher in HCC patients than in the controls in regard to age, sex, the pathological stage, lymph node metastasis, distant metastasis, histological grade, race, and alpha fetoprotein (AFP) (Figure 2A–I). Here, AFP is linked to hepatocellular carcinoma.