“…Its gene products are also involved in DNA-binding and transcription factor binding-activities, implicating its role in carcinogenesis (Sorrentino et al, 2018;Zhang et al, 2015). Studies have also reported PRDM2 downregulation in cancers that exhibit high incidence and mortality, such as bladder cancer, breast cancer, cervical cancer, colorectal cancer, endometrial cancer, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, gastric carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia and thyroid carcinoma (Cheng, Gao & Lou, 2010;Cui et al, 2016;Johansson et al, 2018;Lal et al, 2006;Michalak & Visvader, 2016;Oshimo et al, 2004;Pandzic et al, 2017;Rossi et al, 2009;Sakurada et al, 2001;Tan et al, 2014;Wu et al, 2016;Yang et al, 2017;Zhang et al, 2016). Furthermore, in a meta-analysis that found a total of 22 genes methylated in hepatocellular carcinoma, PRDM2 was one of the genes with the most significant result and is on par with the well-known APC and p16 (Zhang et al, 2016).…”