| HCC | Hepatocellular carcinoma |
| OS | Overall survival |
| HSPs | Heat shock proteins |
| HSP70 | Heat shock protein 70 |
| DFS | Disease-free survival |
| eIF4G | Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4G |
| eIF4F | Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4F |
| eIF4A | Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4A |
| eIF4E | Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E |
| 4EBP1 | Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E binding protein 1 |
| IRES | internal ribosomal entry site |
| H&E | hematoxylin and eosin stain |
| AFP | alpha-fetoprotein |
| NASH | nonal- coholic steatohepatitis |
| ECGO PS | Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status |
| BCLC | Barcelona clinic liver cancer |
| TNM | Tumor, Node, Metastasis |
| PFS | Progression-free survival |
| Co-IP | Co-Immunoprecipitation |
| CoCl2 | Cobalt chloride |
| IC50 | Proximity Ligation Assay |
| Apaf-1 | apoptosis protease activating factor 1 |
| Ask-1 | apoptosis signal-regulated kinase 1 |
| MAPK | mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| mHSP70 | membrane HSP70 |
| NSCLC | non-small cell lung carcinoma |
| RCT | Radiochemotherapy |
| IL-2 | Interleukin-2 |
| IL-5 | Interleukin-5 |
| ERK | extracellular-signal-regulated kinase |
| IF | Immunofluorescence |
| shRNA | Short hairpin RNA |
| siRNA | Small interfering RNA |