NOL9 and hepatocellular carcinoma: After transfecting siRNAs targeting the top four transcription factors into HCC cells, western blotting and RT-qPCR analyses revealed that ZNF384 knockdown had the most significant impact on NOL9 expression (Fig. 4A and Supplementary Fig. 3A), suggesting that ZNF384 upregulates NOL9 in HCC cells.