TERT and lung cancer: Moreover, rs2242652 allele (G > A) could influence telomere length, which could increase predisposition for lung cancer in Asians (39), whereas SNP rs2736098 could cause the overexpression of TERT and increase telomerase activity, which regulated bladder and lung cancer development by modulating unlimited cell division, and carcinogenesis, and interacted with the activation of the glycolytic pathway (40).