HOXA2 and glioblastoma: Results: In the present study, we found that 11 HOXAs (HOXA1, HOXA2, HOXA3, HOXA4, HOXA5, HOXA6, HOXA7, HOXA9, HOXA10, HOXA11 and HOXA3) were consistently up-regulated in LGG tissues and GBM tissues.