Interestingly, our analysis of TCGA genome database (Cerami et al., 2012; Gao et al., 2013) indicated that the SPIN1 gene is markedly amplified in a panel of cancers, including prostate, sarcoma, lung, stomach, breast, head and neck, pancreas and colorectal cancers (Figure 6—figure supplement 2A). Here, SPIN1 is linked to sarcoma.