PRDX2 and familial pancreatic carcinoma: 2) Peroxiredoxin 2 is a member of the peroxiredoxin family, which has been found to be elevated in several human cancer cells and tissues, including colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer and breast cancer, and it influences cells’ survival, proliferation, and apoptosis processes, which suggests a possible role for Peroxiredoxin 2 in the maintenance of cancer cell[32–34].