PDPN and cancer: Among the top downregulated DEGs, we found genes implicated in inflammatory processes, such as chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 5 (CXCL5, lfc = −6.16), interleukin 6 (IL6, lfc = −5.72), colony-stimulating factor 3 (CSF3, lfc = −8.19), and podoplanin (PDPN, lfc = −2.73), which also play an important role in liver fibrosis and cancer.