PELP1 and lung carcinoma: Slowikowski et al. also reported increased PELP1 mRNA and protein levels which were detected by real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) and western blotting in NSCLC tissues, respectively [29] and Ohshiro et al. demonstrated that PELP1 was involved in phytoestrogen resveratrol induced autophagy of lung carcinoma cells [30].