Two days post-transfection, MAPK7 siRNA-transfected tumor cells failed to follow the same exponential growth dynamics of the control and scrambled siRNA treatment groups, instead displaying suppressed cell growth, and in the case of KYSE30, reductions in the degree of cell confluence consistent with the increased cell death observed in the ‘live/dead’cell assay. Here, MAPK7 is linked to neoplasm.