INHBE and neoplasm: Our results demonstrated that the mRNA expressions of IL-5, IL-1A, CXCL10, TNFSF4 and INHBE were significantly altered when regulating C1QTNF6 (Fig. 6E), which suggested the essential implications of the cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction pathway in the process of C1QTNF6 regulating tumor progression.