MBD2 and cancer: Data from knockdown studies on m6A methylase and demethylase showed positive regulation of FABP5 expression by ALKBH5. Moreover, FABP5 silencing reversed the anti-cancer activity of ALKBH5. However, a separate RNA sequencing study (MeRIP-seq) by our group showed no regulatory effects of ALKBH5 on FABP5. Accordingly, we assume that ALKBH5 regulates FABP5 in a non-m6A-dependent manner.