TRIM27 and cancer: TRIM27 expression is elevated in several cancers including colon, lung, endometrial and ovarian, and often correlates with poor prognosis (Tsukamoto et al., 2009; Horio et al., 2012; Iwakoshi et al., 2012; Zoumpoulidou et al., 2012; Ma et al., 2016; Zhang et al., 2018).