Other DEGs, namely BIRC5, CENPA, CCNB1, CHEK1, AURKB, BUB1, BUB1B, NEK2, ASPM, TOP2A and EZH2 have been described elsewhere and they play a role, at least in part, in the molecular pathogenesis of MM (Chng and Fonseca 2009; Broyl et al. 2010; Chung et al. 2013). Here, BIRC5 is linked to Miyoshi myopathy.