UBAP2L and cancer: Moreover, UBAP2L is overexpressed in different types of cancer, displaying oncogenic potential and often correlating with poor prognosis (Li and Huang, 2014; Zhao et al., 2015; Bai et al., 2016; Chai et al., 2016; Aucagne et al., 2017; He et al., 2018; Yoshida et al., 2020; Guan et al., 2021).