FIGURE 1.

Pseudogene AKR1B10P1 is transcribed in HCC cell lines and tissues (A) RT‐qPCR assay demonstrated an obvious detectable pseudogene AKR1B10P1 transcription in HCC cell lines, while barely no expression in the control L0 cells (**P ＜ 0.01). B, AKR1B10P1 was remarkably transcribed in 87.4% of the HCC tumour tissues (76/87); only 4.6% (4/87) cases present low‐level AKR1B10P1 transcript in non‐cancerous tissues. C, The expression of AKR1B10P1 was positively correlated with its parental gene AKR1B10 in tumour tissues (Spearman R = 0.747, P < .01). D, Intra‐hepatic metastasis was detected in the 35 cases, and 91.43% cases (32/35) presented relatively higher AKR1B10P1