TIMCC and non-small cell lung carcinoma: The expression of FAM136A was assessed in 6 NSCLC cell lines (i.e., A549, H1975, H2342, PC-9, H522, and XLA-07) (16HBE, BEAS-2B as control)and the FAM136A protein was found to be expressed in all those cell lines (Figure 3(a)).