Meanwhile, a positive correlation between TRPM2-AS and IGF2BP1 (R = 0.5415, P = 0.01) was found in 20 paired gastric cancer tissues, as well as between FOXM1 and TRPM2-AS (R = 0.5056, P = 0.02) (Fig. 4f). This evidence concerns the gene IGF2BP1 and gastric cancer.