ZEB is potent EMT inducer, which represses epithelial marks including E‐cadherin, ZO‐1, claudin‐1, desmoplakin, and is implicated in various type of cancer such as gastric cancer, leukemia, squamous cell carcinoma, liver cancer, colorectal cancer, and so on.82, 140, 150, 159, 275, 276, 277, 278. The gene discussed is TJP1; the disease is liver cancer.