Similarly, ZNF671 (cg11977686) methylation levels in the NPC cell lines (CNE1, CNE2, SUNE1, HONE1, HNE1, 5-8F and 6-10B) were also increased compared with human immortalized normal nasopharyngeal epithelial cell line (NP69) (Fig. 1d and Additional file 1: Figure S1B; P < 0.05). The gene discussed is ZNF671; the disease is nasopharyngeal carcinoma.