In addition, Spearman’s correlation analysis showed thatYPEL3 mRNA expression was positively correlated with E-cadherin expression, and inversely correlated with vimentin expression in 10 NPC tissue samples (r = 0.803 and r = -0.754, respectively; both p < 0.001, Fig. 4d). The gene discussed is VIM; the disease is nasopharyngeal carcinoma.