Figure 7
Differential expression of a subset of genes was confirmed in whole blood of human early HCC subjects with qRT-PCR. The up-regulation of expression of eight genes from Table 2 was confirmed in blood of early HCC patients compared to normal controls by using qRT-PCR. Values represent log2 of fold change in mRNAs in early HCC relative to the healthy control subjects (in every case, p < 0.05, Student's t-test). The error bar represents standard deviation (SD) over at least six experiments.