In consistent with the result of Oncomine analysis (Figure 1A), the average level of MAEL mRNA in gastric tumor tissues was significantly higher than that in the adjacent noncancerous tissues (Figure 1D); MAEL protein levels were also higher in the cancer tissues compared to the noncancerous tissues in 3 out of 4 of the tissue pairs investigated (Figure 1F). Here, MAEL is linked to gastric neoplasm.