OR3A4 promotes the proliferation, migration, invasion, and tumorigenesis of gastric cancer cells by activating genes involved in cell migration and invasion (MACC1, GNB2L1, DLX4, PDLIM2, and NTN4), metastasis (DLX4), growth (PIWIL1, MACC1, GAS6, HOXB7, GNB2L1, and DLC-1), cellular adhesion (PDLIM2, NTN4, and CTNND1) and cell cycle progression (CORO1C). This evidence concerns the gene DLC1 and gastric cancer.