In that group VPS4B, LRRC1, DMXL1, NPEPPS, XPO7, LIN54, CEACAM7, CNOT4, C12ORF29, WAC, LIN9, RNF138, GNAI3, and DCAF16 had not been described previously in the context of the HNSCC nor EMT process. The gene discussed is LIN9; the disease is head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.