Figure 1.

MKLN1-AS is up-regulated in HCC samples and related to poor prognosis.

(a) MKLN1-AS mRNA expression levels in HCC and normal liver samples from TCGA and GTEx databases. (b) Disease-free survival (DFS) rates and overall survival (OS) rates were analyzed based on TCGA and GTEx databases. (c) MKLN1-AS mRNA expression levels in 59 paired HCC samples and adjacent samples from our specimen bank were detected by qPCR (paired‐samples t‐test for N/T pairs analysis). (d) The overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) in 59 patients with low (N > T) and high MKLN1-AS expression (N < T) were analyzed by Kaplan–Meier survival analysis.