POF1B and hepatocellular carcinoma: There were 15 new identified genes that we found, and no previous study had shown an association between these genes and HCC, i.e., SLC16A11, MTND6P3, MTND5P1, ACNATP, LGLV3-9, LGLV4-69, TTYH1, AC080038.4, AL451064.1, KIF25-AS1, CLEC2L, GJB3, DPYSL4, SHISA9, and POF1B.