COL1A2 and gastric cancer: While EBV-infected gastric cancer is biologically distinct from EBV-negative cancer in some respects, the infected counterparts still share many of the classic features previously identified as being characteristic of gastric cancer, such as specific collagens (COL1A1, COL1A2, COL3A1), SULF1, THY1, SPP1, INHBA, and SPARC[76].