Similar correlations were observed in esophageal carcinoma, with CXCL1, CXCL2, CXCL3, and PPBP negatively correlated with EMT, CXCL5 and CXCL6 positively correlated with EMT, and CXCL8 not correlated with EMT. Here, CXCL8 is linked to carcinoma of esophagus.