OAS2 and cancer: Moreover, this study revealed that up-regulated OAS1, OAS2, OAS3, and OASL genes were associated with the dysregulation of diverse signaling pathways, including “Hepatitis C, Influenza A, Epstein-Barr virus, and COVID-19 signaling pathway” etc. The role of these pathways in the development of various cancers is already well studied [64–68].