Based on this analysis, Caco-2 (low Ct-SLCO1B3 mRNA expression), DLD1 and T84 (high Ct-SLCO1B3 mRNA expression) cells were used for further reporter gene analyses together with the hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines HepG2 and Hep3B. This evidence concerns the gene SLCO1B3 and hepatocellular carcinoma.