Fig. 4

Aberrant gene expression verified in human NASH-HCC samples as compared to adjacent non-tumor livers. a Shown are RNA levels in FPKM in 17 pairs of tumors compared to adjacent non-tumor livers from patients with NASH-HCC. P values by paired t tests and FDR adjusted by Benjamini–Hochberg method are shown. Expression levels were normalized to the mean level of each gene among all samples shown. b Expression of seven genes was further validated to be significantly altered in 12 pairs of NASH-HCCs (T) compared to adjacent non-tumor livers (N) by RT-qPCR. Comparison by paired t tests