YBX1 and colorectal carcinoma: On the other hand, to confirm whether hTERT can recruit YBX1 in CRC cells, we performed hTERT and YBX1 immunoprecipitation, which showed that hTERT and YBX1 could immunoprecipitate each other (Figure 4H), revealing that hTERT and YBX1 formed a complex in CRC cells.