Group TCM subset (% ± SD) TEM subset (% ± SD) HCC 0.41 ± 0.31 92.39 ± 4.30b Paracancerous tissue 0.55 ± 0.60a 98.14 ± 0.74 Control 0.26 ± 0.25 98.16 ± 1.05 Note: (a) compared to that of control group, P<0.05; (b) compared to that of paracancerous tissue group and control group, P<0.05.

Table 3: The percentage of TCM subset and TEM subset relative to CD8+CD45RO+Tm detected by FCM.