ELF4 and liver cancer: ,101, 102, 103, 104 In liver cancer, a BCL6 corepressor like 1 (BCORL1)-ELF4 fusion has been identified, which causes a more than six-fold increase in the transcription of the fusion gene than the expression of wide-type BCORL1 and ELF4 gene in non-cancerous liver tissues (Fig. 3).101