Among the significant network nodes 14/23 were supported by literature to be involved in pancreatic cancer (ELK1, ELK3, NFKB2, MXD1, NCK1, AKT1, YWHAH, STAT5A, TRAF6, MUC1, ZEB1, NFATC2, PRKCZ and SHC1). This evidence concerns the gene TRAF6 and pancreatic neoplasm.