WWTR1 and hepatocellular carcinoma: According to this hypothesis, previous evidence from our laboratory indicates that TAZ can induce hepatocellular carcinoma and hepatoblastoma development in the mouse via hydrodynamic transfection only in association with other molecular events, such as overexpression of c-Myc, c-Met, and mutant β-catenin, or loss of APC [33, 46, 47].