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Changes in DNA methylation reflect the genomic variation. Since liver transplant (LT) reverts HPS we hypothesized that it may be associated with specific liver epigenetic changes. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the role of the liver epigenome in patients with HPS. We extracted DNA from paraffin embedded liver tissue samples from 10 patients with HPS and 10 age-, sex- and MELD (Model for End-stage Liver Disease)-matched controls. DNA methylation was determined using the 850K array (Illumina). Weighted Gene Co-expression Network Analysis (WGCNA) was used to identify modules related to defining physiologic characteristics of HPS. Only 12 out of the 20 liver biopsies (7 HPS and 5 controls) had sufficient quality to be analyzed. None of the 802,688 DNA probes analyzed in the case control comparison achieved a significant False Discovery Rate (FDR). WGCNA identified 5 co-methylated gene-modules associated to HPS markers, mainly related to nervous and neuroendocrine system, apoptotic processes, gut bacterial translocation, angiogenesis and vascular remodeling ontologies. 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