This lack of information combined with the high homology of the 13 query sequences used in the BLAST analysis led to the identification in several primate species of the same sequence as homologous to various human pseudogenes of VDAC1. For these reasons but also considering the specific overexpression of VDAC1P8 in AML, we restricted the homology analysis to this pseudogene only. Here, VDAC1P8 is linked to acute myeloid leukemia.