Fig. 1: CCDC91 is upregulated in HCC tissues and is correlated with a poor prognosis.

A Map of the CCDC91 gene with HBV DNA insertion in HCC (nā=ā17) and NHL (nā=ā1) tissues. Black arrows indicate HBV integration sites identified through pooled-analysis in HCC. Red arrows represent HBV integration sites detected in HCC samples using our HBV capture sequencing approach. Blue arrows denote HBV integration sites identified in non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) samples from our previous HBV capture sequencing study. B Immunohistochemistry staining showed the protein expression of CCDC91 in 4 HBV capture sequencing HCC tissues. C The mRNA levels of CCDC91 in HCC tissues and non-cancerous liver tissues from GSEA cohorts (GSE36376: nā=ā193 in non-tumor, nā=ā240 in tumor; GSE76427: nā=ā52 in non-tumor, nā=ā115 in tumor). D The mRNA levels of CCDC91 in HCC tissues and non-cancerous liver tissues from TCGA cohort (nā=ā50 in non-tumor, nā=ā371 in tumor). E Relative mRNA levels of CCDC91 in HCC cells as determined by qPCR (nā=ā3 independent biological repeats). F Representative IHC images of CCDC91 in HCC tissues and adjacent paratumor tissues (left) and IHC scores of CCDC91 staining in HCC tissues and non-cancerous liver tissues (right, nā=ā123). G The KaplanāMeier analysis and log-rank test revealed the association of CCDC91 with the overall survival of HCC patients from TCGA dataset. H Multivariate logistic regression analyses for the associations of CCDC91 expression in HCC patients from TCGA dataset (nā=ā240). I Multivariate Cox regression analysis of the data from the TCGA dataset revealed that CCDC91 was an independent predictor of OS (nā=ā120). J The KaplanāMeier analysis and log-rank test revealed the association of CCDC91 with the overall survival of HCC patients from TMA cohort (nā=ā123). K Multivariate logistic regression analyses for the associations of CCDC91 expression in HCC patients from TMA cohort (nā=ā80). Statistical analysis was performed using Studentās t test in (C, D, E, and F). Error bars represent the SEM. *, pā<ā0.05; **, pā<ā0.01; ***, pā<ā0.001.