PDLIM3 and malignant colon neoplasm: Interestingly, we found that the expression levels of CTHRC1, FBN2, NTM, PDGFC, and PDLIM3 are positively correlated with the ssGSEA scores of metastatic-promoting genes in colon cancer (Spearman’s correlation test, p < 0.001) (Figure 8).