TNF and thyroid cancer: Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interferon-γ (IFN-γ) can induce the malignant development of thyroid cancer cell line, change the cell morphology from fat circle to spindle shape gradually, increase the invasion and migration ability of cells, decrease E-cadherin and increase the expression of N-cadherin and Vimentin at protein level [101, 108].