Interestingly, results showed increases in hypoxia inducible factor 1 alpha (HiF1α; a cellular redox‐sensor and a driver of mitophagy and autophagy), and glucose‐6‐phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) an important regulator of the pentose phosphate pathway and key supplier of a reducing agent in form of NADPH to cells), suggesting acute response to hypoxic or oxidative stress in the cancer cells. This evidence concerns the gene G6PD and cancer.