Blood exosomes from 58 colorectal cancer (CRC) patients and 28 healthy controls were collected and NAMPT-Antisense (NAMPT-AS) and Nicotinamide phosphoribosyl-transferase (NAMPT) mRNA were quantified by RT-qPCR, showing that they were upregulated in patients with CRC. The gene discussed is NAMPT; the disease is colorectal cancer.