circ-NEIL3 (human chromosome 4 [chr4]:178274462-178,281,831) overexpression in PDAC facilitates cancer proliferation and metastasis through circ-NEIL3/miR-432-5p/adenosine deaminases acting on the RNA 1 (ADAR1) axis (Shen et al., 2021a). This evidence concerns the gene NEIL3 and cancer.