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. 2021 Oct 30;23(5):495–502. doi: 10.22074/cellj.2021.7377

Table 3.

A summary overview of cancers in which sperm associated antigens (SPAGs) are involved


SPAG Cancer type

SPAG1 Pancreatic tumorigenesis (55), Renal cancer, Seminoma, Colon cancer, Breast cancer (2)
SPAG2/UAP1 Prostate cancer (56), Lymphoma, Renal cancers (2)
SPAG3/HSPA2 Pancreatic tumorigenesis (57)
SPAG4 Lung cancer, Kidney cancer (58), Prostate cancer, Liver cancer, Breast cancer (2)
SPAG5 Urothelial cancer (59), Breast cancer (2, 60), Lung cancer (61, 62), Gastric cancer (61), Hepatocellular carcinoma (63), Bladder cancer (2)
SPAG6 Myelodysplastic syndrome (24), Spinal cord neoplasm, Prostate cancer, Colon cancer (2)
SPAG7 Brain cancer, Synovial sarcoma, Prostate cancers (2)
SPAG8 Lung cancer, Breast cancer, Cervical carcinoma (2)
SPAG9 Thyroid cancer, Hepatocellular carcinoma, Renal cell carcinoma, Gastric cancer, Endometrial carcinoma, Lung cancer, Osteosarcoma, Breast cancer, Cervical cancers, Acute myeloid leukemia, Ovarian cancer (34), Brain cancer (2)
SPAG10/MFGE8 Breast cancer, Colorectal cancer (40)
SPAG11B Testicular seminoma, Breast cancer (2)
SPAG12/SNU13/ NHP2L1 Bladder cancer, Renal carcinoma (2)
SPAG13/KRAP/SSFA2 Brain cancer, Colorectal cancer, Esophagus cancer (2), Lung adenocarcinoma (64), Oral squamous cell carcinoma (65)
SPAG15/SPAM1 Breast cancer (66), Laryngeal carcinoma, Brain cancer, Colon cancer, Lung carcinoma, Melanoma (2)
SPAG16 Urothelial cancer, Breast cancer (2)
SPAG17 Pancreatic cancer, Brain cancer (2)
SPAG18/PSMA5 Colorectal cancer cell lines, Chromophobe renal cell adenocarcinoma, Gastric cancer, Bladder cancer, Lung carcinoma, Head and neck cancer, Melanoma, Pulmonary neuroendocrine tumor (67)