However, in contrast, overexpression of CLDN-1 has been observed in colon, nasopharyngeal, ovarian and oral squamous cell cancers [9,10], while CLDN-3 and -4 are highly overexpressed in ovarian cancer and upregulated in breast, gastric, pancreatic, prostate and uterine cancers [28,29,30]. Here, CLDN1 is linked to ovarian carcinoma.