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. This evidence concerns the gene PAIP2B and hepatocellular carcinoma.