Among them, ACSL3, AIFM2, HILPDA, HSD17B7, LPCAT1, LSS, PLIN3 and RAB10 were upregulated and CIDEB, G0S2, HSD17B13, PLIN1 and PLIN2 were downregulated in HCC tissues compared to normal tissues based on GEPIA database. Here, HSD17B7 is linked to hepatocellular carcinoma.