Western blotting and qPCR results indicated that HOXD9, PABPC1, and PAK1 were usually upregulated, whereas PAXIP1-AS1 was frequently downregulated in the 15 tumour samples examined compared to that in the paired paracancerous tissues from the same patient (Fig. 8B, C). The gene discussed is PAXIP1; the disease is neoplasm.