SPON1 and cancer: Some of the differentially expressed genes have known functions in cancer, cell cycle, and death (overexpressed: CCND2; underexpressed: DAPK1, CDKN2A), transcription factor, and gene expression regulation (overexpressed: ZNF676), cellular homeostasis, adhesion, and motility (overexpressed: KCNH8, DHCR24, MGARP, PRKD3; underexpressed: DOCK11, SPON1, SEPT3), and protein binding (underexpressed: TIMP2).