EIF5A and cancer: These studies uncover a complex picture of eIF5A action in different biological systems and have led to diverse proposed functions of eIF5A, in cellular processes including cell cycle progression26, nucleo-cytoplasmic transport, HIV1 replication27, 28 apoptosis and tumorigenesis29 stress granule formation30, inflammation and diabetes31 and proliferation and migration and metastasis of cancer cells32, 33.