Roy et al. investigated the co-expression of DCLK1 with Beclin-1, LC3B and p62 as an autophagy marker and a critical oncogenic regulator in various signaling pathways in APC Min/ + mice; indicating the oncogenic function of these markers in advanced tumorigenesis and tumor progression in colorectal cancer [44]. The gene discussed is BECN1; the disease is colorectal cancer.