MMP9 and cancer: In TCGA database, the expression of TNF, CXCL8, MMP9, CXCL9, CXCL1, CCL20, CTLA4, CXCL2, C3, SAA1 and FOXP3, JUN were differed between cancer and normal, suggesting that these genes may be related to both NAG inflammation and GC.