However, analysis of The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and Clinical Proteomic Tumour Analysis Consortium (CPTAC) data from UALCAN (https://ualcan.path.uab.edu/analysis.html) showed that OTUD5 is highly expressed in HCC and that its overexpression predicts a poor patient prognosis, indicating that the expression of OTUD5 in HCC remains controversial. Here, OTUD5 is linked to neoplasm.