CPB1 and hepatocellular carcinoma: Importantly, in cocultures exposed to latrunculin, the MFI in both HPM and Huh7 was nearly identical (MFI ratio at 1.1) (Figure 7B) demonstrating that pharmacological inhibition of phagocytosis in HPM improved the targeting of hepatoma cells by CPB peptide bioconjugates over the internalization by HPM.