TERT and neoplasm: A total of 21 NRGs were identified with significant differential expression between the non-tumor and ccRCC groups, including 4 downregulated (MYNC, GATA3, IDH2, and BACH2) and 17 upregulated (TRAF2, LEF1, FAS, TNFRSF1B, EGFR, MYC, TLR3, BNIP3, AXL, CD40, ALK, MLKL, PLK1, ZBP1, FASLG, TERT, and CDKN2A) genes (Figure 1A).