CXCL12 and IL7R also exhibited significant differences in expression level between normal and tumor tissues (CXCL12: p = 4.47E-36; IL7R: p = 0.037), and between high and low ESTIMATE-scored groups (CXCL12: p = 6.26E-16; IL7R: p = 1.29E-09) (Figures 5A, B). Here, CXCL12 is linked to neoplasm.