Cluster analysis of gene expression with data from different subtypes of GBM from the CGGA showed that USP11, SELK, HIP1R, CYFIP2 and ALAD were expressed mainly in the neural and proneural subtypes of GBM, while EGFR was principally expressed in the classic subtype of GBM [12] (Fig. 5a, b, Additional file 3: Figure S3a, b). This evidence concerns the gene HIP1R and glioblastoma.