Particularly, high expression levels of RBPMS2,31DZIP1,32PEG3,33TSPYL534 and MAGEA435, 36 in gastric cancer or other tumour tissues have been associated with a poor prognosis, while high expression levels of CXCL3 and TNFRSF11A in gastric cancer have been associated with a better prognosis37, 38; these observations are consistent with our findings. The gene discussed is CXCL3; the disease is gastric cancer.