SOAT1 and cancer: Additionally, the significant identified DEGs were enriched in proteins that have key roles in cellular pathways such as NF-kappa B, PI3K/AKT, and JAK/STAT signaling pathway, transcriptional mis-regulation in cancer, apoptosis, ferroptosis, toll-like receptor signaling pathway, cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction, etc. (Table S2, Figure 5).