Since TTP (gene name ZFP36) has been shown to be downregulated in different human cancer types, including HCC [14], an extensive expression analysis of TTP mRNA in publicly available HCC data sets was performed: In a microarray data set comprising almost 250 human hepatitis B virus(HBV)-derived HCC samples, in The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) data comparing 373 HCC with 50 non-tumor liver tissue samples, and in a data set comparing HCC tissue with healthy, cirrhotic, and non-tumor tissue of HCC patients. Here, ZFP36 is linked to hepatocellular carcinoma.