ITGBL1 and colorectal carcinoma: The analysis on the association between ITGBL1 expression and the metastasis of CRC patients through dataset GSE28722 showed that ITGBL1 expression was correlated with the metastasis of CRC (log rank P = 0.0103) [hazard ratio (HR) = 0.3924 (95% CI: 0.1982–0.7772)] (Figure 1D).