VEGFA and hepatocellular carcinoma: Then, Lasso regression analysis was further performed on 16 inflammation-related genes related to the prognosis of HCC patients to obtain 11 genes (C3, CTNNB1, CYBC1, DNASE1L3, IRAK1, SERPINE1, SPP1, UBA1, UBAC2, UBE2L3, and VEGFA), as shown in Figure 1F.