The results showed that the expressions of STAT3 and SLCO4A1-AS1 were positively correlated in gastric cancer tissues (r = 0.142, P < 0.05, Figure 6(e)), but STAT3 was negatively correlated with miR-149-5p (r = -0.622, P < 0.001, Figure 6(f)). Here, STAT3 is linked to gastric cancer.