We also detected the expression of NRIP3 using an ESCC tissue microarray (TMA) (300 ESCC cases collected at Linzhou Cancer Hospital, Henan) and 73 ESCC cases (collected at SYSUCC, Guangzhou) by immunohistochemistry (IHC) staining. Here, NRIP3 is linked to esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.