C7 and CFH are required to maintain stemness in liver cancer cells.
Knockdown of C7 and CFH expression abrogated tumorsphere formation and induced differentiation.
Overexpression of C7 and CFH stimulated stemness factor expression as well as in vivo cell growth.
Complement proteins, C7 or CFH, are upregulated in liver TICs.
LSF-1 is induced by C7 or CFH and regulates stemness factor expression in liver TICs.