TEX46 and colorectal carcinoma: To explore the potential functions of crucial TEX genes, we conducted downstream gene ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) functional enrichment analyses, and revealed that pathways such as ribonucleoprotein complex biogenesis, cell cycle, and nucleocytoplasmic transport play key roles in the development of CRC (Figure 6C).