GC and gastric cancer: Our results indicated that several EBV genes, LMP-1, BALF1, BALF2, BALF4 and BALF5, may interact with the expression of human GC genes, e.g., the CNTD2 and VANGL2, and the gastric cancer-related pathways, e.g., Jak-STAT signaling and phosphatidylinositol signaling system.