As shown in Fig. 1A and Table 1, 273 CRC patients were subdivided into the following three subgroups based on the expression levels of CIAPIN1, 165 with none to weak expression (60.4%; -/+), 72 with moderate to locally strong expression (26.4%; ++), and 36 with strong expression (13.2%; +++). The gene discussed is CIAPIN1; the disease is colorectal carcinoma.