Interestingly, some of the factors such as a xylulokinase homologue (XYLB), the 2′-5′-oligoadenylate synthetase like (OASL) and the interferon-induced protein (IFI44) have not been so far linked to cancer and may represent markers of aneuploidy that are not linked to malignancy. Here, XYLB is linked to cancer.