DLG1 and gastric cancer: However, only hsa_circ_0008583 (derived from exons 13, 14, 15 and 16 of DLG1, thus designated circDLG1) was confirmed to be upregulated in distant metastatic lesions and primary gastric cancer tissues resistant to anti-PD-1 therapy in a larger cohort of patients (Fig. 1d and e).