Supporting these transcriptomic data, staining from pathological specimens of healthy colon tissues https://www.proteinatlas.org/ENSG00000135318-NT5E/tissue/colon#img showed higher CD73 levels in epithelial cell compartment than tumor samples in colon cancer (COAD) patients https://www.proteinatlas.org/ENSG00000135318-NT5E/cancer/colorectal+cancer#img from the Human Protein Atlas (Fig. 1J). This evidence concerns the gene NT5E and neoplasm.