MEX3D and cancer: Clofibrate treatment (Table 1(a)) mainly increased the expression of the GANAB gene (3.8-fold change) which encodes glucosidase alpha, the ATF6B gene which encoded a transcription factor belonging the unfolded protein response (UPR) pathway during ER stress [19, 20], and some genes, belonging to “cancer” function (DLST, IL6ST, MEX3d).