In previous research, we found that dendritic cell-specific intercellular adhesion molecule-grabbing nonintegrin-related protein (DC-SIGNR), a type of C-type lectin, increased the expression of the metallothionein MT1M during colon cancer progression, and we suspected that metallothioneins may be associated with colon cancer [22]. This evidence concerns the gene CLEC4M and malignant colon neoplasm.