OSBPL3 and malignant colon neoplasm: To test the possible relevance of the newly identified ploidy-control gene ORP3 for colon cancer we firstly aimed to determine its mRNA levels in a set of matched normal and tumor samples of 44 colon patients (31 males and 13 females) with a median age of 65 years (minimum: 29 years/maximum: 93 years).