PAFAH1B3 and cancer: First, using the Xiantao bioinformatics online analysis tool to analyse the expression of PAFAH1B3 in 33 common human cancers, the results showed that the expression level of PAFAH1B3 was significantly greater in tumour tissues than in corresponding normal tumours in the ACC, BLCA, BRCA, CESC, CHOL, COAD, DLBC, ESCA, GBM, HNSC, KIRP, LGG, LIHC, LUAD, LUSC, OV, PAAD, PRAD, READ, SKCM, STAD, TGCT, THCA, THYM, UCEC and UCS datasets (Fig. 1A).