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. The gene discussed is TMEM132E; the disease is hepatocellular carcinoma.