We found that G3BP1 mRNA levels were positively correlated with YWHAZ mRNA levels in gastric cancer patients by data mining the TCGA database (n = 233, r = 0.379, P < 0.001) and the GEO database (n = 80, r = 0.503, P < 0.001) (Fig. 4c). This evidence concerns the gene YWHAZ and gastric cancer.