NEK2 and cervical cancer: In addition, for cervical cancer, Tie Xu et al. found that overexpression of NEK2 (a serine/threonine kinase involved in mitosis) promotes the development of cervical cancer and affects the sensitivity of cervical cancer to radiation therapy by activating the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway through Wnt1 (Xu et al. 2020).