NT5E and pancreatic neoplasm: By further analyzing the GEO databases GSE16515 and GSE15471, which contained 52 and 72 cases of pancreatic cancer and normal pancreatic tissues, respectively, it showed the expression of CD73 was significantly associated with TNFR2 (r = 0.567, p < 0.001; r = 0.725, p < 0.001; Fig. 4f).