CXCR4 and myelodysplastic syndrome: Among these 30 ARGs, 8 ARGs were up-regulated (FAS, ATG16L2, WDR45, FOXO1, HIF1A, ATG4C, CTSD, and EEF2K) and 22 were down-regulated (HGS, EIF4EBP1, EDEM1, RGS19, CXCR4, IKBKB, EIF4G1, BAK1, MYC, CAPN1, CAPN2, ZFYVE1, GAA, SPNS1, EEF2, ATG5, DAPK1, CASP1, ATG7, RELA, CLN3, and ULK3) in patients with MDS (Figure 1B).