To test for transcriptional effects of SOX15 depletion and overexpression, we assembled a set of candidate genes including both known regulators of germline identity, and previously reported SOX15 targets in other cell types, including human embryonal carcinoma cells32, muscle satellite cells33, esophageal34 and pancreatic35 adenocarcinomas, and mouse ESCs36. This evidence concerns the gene SOX15 and carcinoma.