| HCC | Hepatocellular carcinoma |
| HDAC6 | Histone deacetylase 6 |
| TUBA1A | Tubulin α-1A |
| CTNNB1 | Catenin β-1 |
| TCGA | The Cancer Genome Atlas |
| GEO | Gene Expression Omnibus |
| GEPIA3 | Gene Expression Profiling Interactive Analysis 3 |
| HPA | Human Protein Atlas |
| TPM | Transcripts per million |
| IHC | Immunohistochemistry |
| TNMplot | Tumor–Normal–Metastasis plot platform |
| TIMER2. | Tumor Immune Estimation Resource 2.0 |
| UALCA | University of Alabama at Birmingham Cancer Data Analysis Portal |
| KMplot | Kaplan–Meier Plotter |
| OS | Overall survival |
| RFS | Relapse-free survival |
| PFS | Progression-free survival |
| PPI | Protein–protein interaction |
| STRING | Search Tool for the Retrieval of Interacting Genes/Proteins |
| GO | Gene Ontology |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes |
| FDR | False discovery rate |
| lncRNA | Long non-coding RNA |
| miRNA | MicroRNA |