The results showed that EIF3A in ccRCC was positively correlated with Monocyte, TAM, M1 and M2 Macrophage (except IRF5), Neutrophil, Dendritic cell, Th1 (except IFN-y), Th2 (except GATA3 and IL13), BCL6 in Tfh, STAT3 in Th17, Treg (except FOXP3) and TIM-3 in T cell exhaustion (Additional file 1: Table S3) (Fig. 10b–e). Here, FOXP3 is linked to nonpapillary renal cell carcinoma.