According to xiantao database, the positively correlated genes of KRT80 in esophageal cancer were shown in Figure 3a (p < .05), and involved in endocytosis, cell adhesion molecule binding, cadherin binding, cell–cell junction, cell leading ege, epidermal cell differentiation and development, and so forth (Figure 3b). Here, CDH17 is linked to esophageal cancer.