IL17A and cancer: The results of KEGG pathway analysis further indicated the involvement of multiple cancer-related pathways including “NOD-like (nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like) receptor signaling pathway,” “IL-17 (interleukin-17) signaling pathway,” “Wnt signaling pathway,” and “TNF (tumor necrosis factor) signaling pathway.” These results suggested that GI-lncRNAs may play critical roles in the progression of CRC (Figure 3(b)).