Interestingly, our data showed that, unlike BRCA1 mutant MDA-MB-436 and SUM149PT cancer cells, BRCA1-depleted MCF7 cancer cells were not sensitive to EEPD1 depletion (Fig. 1, Additional file 2: Figure S2 and Additional file 3: Figure S3D–F). The gene discussed is BRCA1; the disease is cancer.