In terms of transporters, In peritoneal metastases of gastric cancer, apolipoprotein C2 (APOC2) is markedly upregulated and promotes EMT in cancer cells via the CD36-mediated PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway, thereby enhancing their migratory capacity (Wang et al., 2021). This evidence concerns the gene APOC2 and gastric cancer.