G6PD and gastric cancer: LINC00242 exhibited a negative correlation with miR-1-3p in 77 gastric cancer tissues (R = − 0.4565, P < 0.0001, Fig. 6f); LINC00242 and G6PD appeared a positive relevance with each other in 77 gastric cancer tissues (R = 0.3300, P = 0.0034, Fig. 6g).