TGFB1 and hepatocellular carcinoma: Consistent with these findings, our analysis revealed a positive correlation between β-Catenin (also known as CTNNB1) and TGF-β1 expression in TCGA-LIHC (p = 1.1×10-13, R = 0.32) and ZS-HCC (p = 0.0058, R = 0.1488) datasets (Figure 5F and Figure S5A).