MMP9 and neoplasm: Analysis of 161 PDAC cases from the Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium (CPTAC) database revealed that NAT10 mRNA expression was positively correlated with CDC42, matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP9), and Paxillin (PXN), which are expressed upon the focal adhesion pathway activation (Fig. S3A-C).