WRN and colorectal carcinoma: To experimentally corroborate the WRN dependency of MSI-H cancer cells, we applied short-interfering RNA (siRNA)-mediated knock-down of WRN in a panel of three MSS (SK-CO-1, CaCo-2, SW480) and three MSI-H (HCT 116, RKO, SNU-C4) CRC cell lines.