In 498 well-defined NB cases (GSE62564), Kaplan–Meier survival plots revealed that higher expression of p113 host gene CUX1 (P = 6.6 × 10− 3), ZRF1 (P = 3.4 × 10− 16), BRD4 (P = 9.3 × 10− 4), ALDH3A1 (P = 5.7 × 10− 5), NDUFA1 (P = 2.5 × 10− 14), or NDUFAF5 (P = 3.0 × 10− 3) was associated with lower overall survival probability of patients (Fig. 7a). This evidence concerns the gene NDUFAF5 and neuroblastoma.