Proteins encoded by CDN1A, ETS2,EGR1, BACH2, KLF5, and FEN1 are transcription factorsaccording to The Human Transcription Factors database(Lambert et al., 2018; https://humantfs.ccbr.utoronto.ca/).List of proteins encoded by DEGs of malignantly transformed hepatocytes that are involvedin the regulation of apoptosis in HCC but are not annotated in Gene Ontology as participants in apoptosis(GO:0006915, apoptotic process). This evidence concerns the gene ETS2 and hepatocellular carcinoma.