In the miRNA-mRNA correlation analysis, there was a correlation between hsa-miR-26a-5p expression and SLC6A8 expression in NSCLC (cor<-0.2, P-value<0.001; Figure 3B), and hsa-miR-26a-5p expression was significantly lower in NSCLC than in normal tissues (P-value<0.05; Figure 3C). Here, SLC6A8 is linked to non-small cell lung carcinoma.