After reviewing the literature, it was determined that NFAT5 has similar functions to TERT and plays an important role in various activities, such as immune regulation, metabolic regulation, DNA damage repair and tumorigenesis [43–45], such as non-small-cell lung cancer [46], pancreatic cancer [47], chronic lymphocytic leukemia [48] and melanoma [49]. Here, NFAT5 is linked to familial pancreatic carcinoma.