Pearson correlation analysis revealed that HOXD8 expression was positively correlated with LINC01852 expression in these CRC tissues (r = 0.4260, P = 0.0427; Fig. 7E) and in CRC tissues from the TCGA database (r = 0.2106, P < 0.0001; Fig. S9). Here, HOXD8 is linked to colorectal carcinoma.