DLPAG5, also known as Human hepatoma up-regulated protein (HURP), is overexpressed in a variety of malignant tumors such as hepatocellular carcinoma, non-small cell lung cancer, and ovarian cancer  (Tsou et al., 2003; Tagal et al., 2017; Liu et al., 2019a). The gene discussed is DLGAP5; the disease is non-small cell lung carcinoma.