SOAT1 and cancer: We hypothesize that this may be due to perturbations to signaling effectors of the IFN-γ pathway which includes the STAT family of transcription factors that are often aberrantly expressed in leukemia and other cancers (Caldarelli et al., 2013; Spiekermann et al., 2002; Muhlethaler-Mottet et al., 1998).