Accordingly, the functions of Thy-1 have been studied in a broad range of fields, including immunology, neurobiology, cancer, stem cell biology, tissue remodeling and aging, and have been the focus of multiple excellent reviews (Haeryfar and Hoskin, 2004; Rege and Hagood, 2006; Herrera-Molina et al., 2013; Leyton and Hagood, 2014; Kumar et al., 2016). The gene discussed is THY1; the disease is cancer.