MICA and colorectal carcinoma: In the context of MICA alleles, MICA ∗045 was significantly increased in the protruded type of CRC (p = 0.0028, Supplementary Table S6) while MICA ∗027 was notably increased in UICC stage III/IV of CRC compared with stage I/II samples (p = 0.044, Supplementary Table S6).