Pro-apoptotic and antiproliferative properties of IFIT2 have been reported in a range of cancer types, such as SKCM [21], respiratory cancers [39], gastrointestinal cancers [40,41,42,43,44], cervical cancer cells [45], leukemia cell lines [46,47] and osteosarcoma cells [48]. Here, IFIT2 is linked to cancer.