SCD and gastric cancer: In this study, quantification results revealed that exogenous expression of SCD1 significantly enhanced the migratory activity of gastric cancer cells (HGC27 vector: 43.33 ± 2.848, HGC27 SCD1: 96.33 ± 3.480 P <0.001 and MKN45 vector: 88.67 ± 1.453, MKN45 SCD1: 124.00 ± 4.041 P <0.01; Figure 4G, 4H).