MAGI3 and colorectal carcinoma: To identify genes associated with CRC recurrence, a total of 17 DEGs were identified from two independent databases of TCGA and GSE40967 between tumor vs. adjacent noncancerous tissues, and recurrence vs. non-recurrence tumors (Fig. 1a and b), with MAGI3 ranked in top one importance (Additional file 3: Table S1).