Seven MiAg-related genes—caveolin 1(CAV1), desmoglein 2 (DSG2), desmoplakin (DSP), myosin heavy chain 11 (MYH11), NME/NM23 nucleoside diphosphate kinase 1 (NME1), phosphoribosylaminoimidazole carboxylase and phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide synthetase (PAICS), procollagen-lysine 2-oxoglutarate 5-dioxygenase 2(PLOD2)—have been significantly linked with the prognosis of lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) patients (Meng et al., 2023). Here, NME1 is linked to lung adenocarcinoma.