TTPAL mRNA expression was significantly upregulated in GC as compared with their adjacent non-tumor tissues in our cohort (N = 96, p = 0.0164) and was confirmed in paired GC tumor tissues as compared to adjacent normal controls (N = 28) and in TCGA cohort in GC tumor tissues (N = 375) compared with normal controls (N = 28) (Fig. 1A, B). The gene discussed is TTPAL; the disease is gastric cancer.