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, PHACTR3 is linked to hepatocellular carcinoma.