PLEC and neoplasm: We also observed that the levels of several CanCord34 genes, such as MAFA, NAPRT, EEF1D, ZNF623, MAPK15, EPPK1, PLEC, PARP10, GRINA, SPATC1, OPLAH, and WDR97, were higher in the tumor cells as compared to their expression in the purified BCSCs (Figure 5B).