EIF4A3 and gastric cancer: The qRT-PCR and western blot data showed that the bcl-2 expressions were downregulated in GC cell by si-eIF4A3 or circ_0003159 overexpression, while it was aggravated by cotransfected with the circ_0003159 overexpression plasmid and si-eIF4A3 (Figures 2(a)–2(c)).