In our previous study, the FUT family was found to be abnormally expressed in breast cancer16 and hepatocellular carcinoma.36 Several studies clearly demonstrated that FUT6 expression was high in CRC.37, 38 Likewise, we showed, for the first time, that both FUT5 and FUT6 were upregulated in CRC. The gene discussed is FUT5; the disease is colorectal carcinoma.