Fig. 1

The expression level of TFRC and transferrin in clinical samples. A The expression level of TFRC in the cancer nest area (CA) and healthy liver tissue (Health) more than 1 cm away from the CA of 8 clinical liver cancer patients was detected by qPCR. Data are expressed as mean ± standard error (SEM), n = 3. *P ≤ 0.05, **P ≤ 0.01, ***P ≤ 0.001, one-way analysis of variance, ANOVA. B The serum transferrin level between non-tumor patients (15 cases) and tumor patients (15 cases) were detected. ns: no significant, one-way analysis of variance, ANOVA. C, D Representative images of TFRC immunohistochemistry and Prussian blue staining for clinical samples. Scale bar: 100 μm