VIM and lung cancer: The qRT-PCR results showed that the expression of BTBD7 (10.76 ± 11.71), N-cadherin (42.48 ± 30.17), FN (31.93 ± 20.69), and vimentin (0.58 ± 0.44) in lung cancer tissues was significantly higher than that in paracancer tissues (1.16 ± 0.63, 2.84 ± 6.05, 2.84 ± 6.05, and 0.06 ± 0.14, respectively) (p < 0.05).