Among 55 mRNA, CPEB3, EFNB3, FATA4, GHR, GSTZ1, KLF8, MFAP4, PAIP2B, PHACTR3, PITPNM3, RPS6KA6, RSPO3, SLITRK6, SMOC1, STEAP4, SYT1, TMEM132E, TSPAN11, and ZFPM2 were intimately bound up with OS in HCC patients. Here, SMOC1 is linked to hepatocellular carcinoma.