ALKBH5 and breast cancer: ALKBH5 has been shown to regulate various biological and pathophysiological processes including: meiosis, gametogenesis, autophagy, glioblastoma, breast cancer, lung cancer and infertility (Tang et al., 2018; Zheng et al., 2013; Song et al., 2019; Chao et al., 2020; Zhang et al., 2016; Zhang et al., 2017).