Conversely, some lineage-specific genes are seen to serve as 5′ partners across multiple different 3′ genes; for example, TMPRSS2 and SLC45A3 in prostate cancer have been observed as 5′ partners of ERG, ETV1, ETV4, ETV5, BRAF, and ELK4 (Table 1 and Additional file 1). Here, ETV1 is linked to prostate cancer.