Recently, Quilez-Perez and colleagues [18] have reported that the inhibition of PARP activity using DPQ (3,4-dihydro-5-[4-(1-piperidinyl)butoxyl]-1(2H)-isoquinolinone) was capable of controlling HCC xenograft growth, protecting against diethylnitrosamine-induced hepato-carcinogenesis and also preventing tumour vasculogenesis by the transcriptional regulation of both transcription factors and the expression of genes involved in tumour progression. This evidence concerns the gene PARP1 and hepatocellular carcinoma.