Furthermore, we confirmed, using histological staining on sections from embedded liver and lung tissues that a high number of tumor cells infiltrated into livers and lungs obtained from control groups of mSALL1 and vector-transfected E0771, but not from the SALL1-transfected tumor group (Fig. 8e and Additional file 1: Figure S7C). Here, SALL1 is linked to neoplasm.