WTAP and cancer: 18 genes, including IGF2BP2, IGF2BP1, IGF2BP3, VIRMA, YTHDF1, YTHDF2, YTHDF3, ZC3H13, METTL14, ALKBH5, METTL3, RBMX, WTAP, YTHDC1, FTO, HNRNPC, HNRNPA2B1, and RBM15, were found to be verexpressed in HNSCC, indicating the close connection between m6A methylation and autophagy in cancer (159).