Stemness CD24 activation promotes hepatocellular carcinoma progression via an immune escape mechanism

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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 21, 2026; 32(3): 113187
Published online Jan 21, 2026. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v32.i3.113187

Table 2 Uni-/multi-variable analysis with several predictors in hepatocellular carcinoma patients

Variable	Univariate analysis			Multivariable analysis
Variable	HR	P > \|z\|	95%CI	HR	P > \|z\|	95%CI
Age (years)
≤ 60 vs > 60	1.482	0.502	0.512-3.661
Gender
Male vs female	0.931	0.828	0.411-2.183
Grade of differentiation
Low vs high	1.316	0.515	0.571-3.545
Tumor number
Single vs multiple	1.105	0.779	0.428-2.806
Liver cirrhosis
Absent vs present	2.805	0.018^a	1.161-7.531	2.401	0.013^a	1.038-5.187
Hepatitis B virus
Absent vs present	0.422	0.015^a	0.156-0.805	0.361	0.008^a	0.152-0.796
Periportal embolus
Absent vs present	5.589	0.126	0.791-41.033
AFP (μg/L)
< 400 vs ≥ 400	0.788	0.402	0.516-1.328
TNM staging
I-II vs III-IV	0.221	0.187	0.134-1.485
CD24 expression
Low vs high	12.586	< 0.001^a	3.531-52.023	5.58	< 0.001^a	2.421-14.928

^aP < 0.05.

AFP: Alpha-fetoprotein; HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma; TNM: Tumor-node-metastasis; HR: Hazard ratio; CD: Clusters of differentiation; 95%CI: 95% confidence interval.

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Citation: Cai Y, Liu LY, Xia XX, Tang H, Xu M, Sai WL, Yao DF, Yao M. Stemness CD24 activation promotes hepatocellular carcinoma progression via an immune escape mechanism. World J Gastroenterol 2026; 32(3): 113187
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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v32.i3.113187

Cai Y, Liu LY, Xia XX, Tang H, Xu M, Sai WL, Yao DF, Yao M. Stemness CD24 activation promotes hepatocellular carcinoma progression via an immune escape mechanism. World J Gastroenterol 2026; 32(3): 113187 [PMID: 41640606 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v32.i3.113187]

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