The potential EC-enriched candidate biomarkers included nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide NADH dehydrogenase (ubiquinone), 1 alpha subcomplex 5 (NDUFA5), peroxiredoxin 4 (PRDX4) and thymopoietin (TMPO), which were highly expressed in cancer cells compared to normal ones. The gene discussed is TMPO; the disease is cancer.