As shown in Supplementary Fig. 22a, b and Supplementary Table 4, the tyrosine-phosphorylated FAK/SFK/ACLY and ALDOA axes were positively correlated with MCM3, MCM4, MCM5, MCM6, MCM7, CDC45, CCND1, CCNE1, CDK7, and CDK9 in ESCC tumor tissues. This evidence concerns the gene CDK9 and neoplasm.