Group TCM Subset (% ± SD) TEM Subset (% ± SD) HCC 0.25 ± 0.17 89.73 ± 7.41a Paracancerous tissue 0.25 ± 0.17 98.68 ± 0.55b Control 0.37 ± 0.33 95.45 ± 3.66 Note: (a) compared to that of paracancerous tissue and control group P<0.05; (b) compared to that of the control group, P<0.05.

Table 1: The percentage of TCM subset and TEM subset relative to CD4+CD45RO+Tm detected by FCM.