It had been confirmed in previous studies that EEF1A1 made oncogenic functions in various tumors, such as lung cancer [20], renal cell carcinoma [21], hepatocellular carcinoma [22], and GC [23, 24], etc. Besides, EEF1A1 expression level is associated with poor prognosis in GC based on the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database (Supplementary Fig. 1F). The gene discussed is EEF1A1; the disease is gastric cancer.