Only 2 of the genes that were differentially expressed upon co-culture with NPC were common to PVEC and ABEC: lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase 2 (Lpcat2), was differentially expressed across all comparison groups (30-fold higher in PVEC vs. ABEC and in PVEC + NPC vs. ABEC + NPC, and threefold higher in PVEC + NPC vs. PVEC and in ABEC + NPC vs. ABEC) and synuclein alpha (Snca) was only differentially expressed when PVEC or ABEC were co-cultured with NPC (threefold higher in ABEC + NPC vs. ABEC and 2.5-fold higher in PVEC + NPC vs. PVEC) (Fig. 3b). Here, LPCAT2 is linked to nasopharyngeal carcinoma.