Similarly, mRNA expression of CXCL1 was elevated in ADC patients with lymph node metastasis (OR: 1.37, 95%CI: 0.99–1.90, P = 0.462, and I2 = 0.0%) (Figure 5G). The gene discussed is CXCL1; the disease is metastatic malignant neoplasm in the lymph nodes.