Previously, we observed that MKLP1 (also known as KIF23 or ZEN-4)16, a component of the centraspindlin complex, co-purified with shed microvesicles (sMVs, also referred to as microparticles and ectosomes17) isolated from the cell culture medium of the human colorectal cancer (CRC) cell line LIM186318. Here, KIF23 is linked to colorectal cancer.