Review Article

The Hippo-Yes Association Protein Pathway in Liver Cancer

Table 2

Description of the different phenotypes resulting from YAP activation in mice.

MiceLiver defectsLiver tumorigenesisReference

Double transgenic
LAP1/tTA-YAP S127A
Hepatocyte proliferation and increased liver size after activation of an inducible YAP transgene (reversible effect)ā€‰[50]

Double transgenic
ApoE/rtTA-YAP
Hepatocytes are resistant to Fas-mediated apoptosisLethal HCCs[48]

Albumin-Cre YAP c/cIncreased liver size
Defects in hepatocyte survival and bile duct development severely impaired
ā€‰[22]