These HERVs were chosen due to their possible relationship with cancer: HERV-H, among the known HERVs, is the principal candidate for the colon cancer pathogenesis (17), while the function of the HERV-K HML-2 subtype in carcinogenesis as biomarkers and their potential as targets for cancer are well-described (16). This evidence concerns the gene CLEC10A and colonic neoplasm.