MBD2 and neoplasm: CRC also contributes to the development of human diseases, including cancer (22, 23); for example, the epigenetic regulation by Mi-2/NuRD CRC includes multiple tumor suppressor genes (23, 24), and several CRC components, including MBD2, were also observed to be oncogenic and/or closely correlated with the aggressiveness of several cancers (23, 25, 26).