Table 1.

Quantification of PLVAP mRNA in HCC vascular endothelial cells, HCC tumor cells and adjacent non-tumorous liver tissue using laser-capture microdissection and Taqman real time quantitative RT-PCR

	Quantity of PLVAP mRNA relative to HCC endothelial cells
HCC Sample	HCC vascular endothelial cells	HCC tumor cells	Adjacent non-tumorous hepatocytes and sinusoid
I	100%	0.2%	0%
II	100%	0.60%	0.1%

The tracings of Taqman real time quantitative RT-PCR are shown in Additional file 1: Figure S1.

Two randomly selected HCC samples were studied.