Consistently, the expression levels of EMT marker proteins and MMP-2, and the phosphorylation levels of signaling proteins were all recovered after co-transfection with shB4GALT7 and the miR-338-3p inhibitor or after transfection with plasmid pEX-3/B4GALT7 in HCC cells. This evidence concerns the gene MMP2 and hepatocellular carcinoma.