Furthermore, Western blotting assay indicated that the expression of NID1 was consistent with ETV4 and LOXL2 in paired non-tumor and tumor tissues samples (n=4) (Fig.6f), and the correlation analysis on human CRC cDNA array showed that NID1 was positively correlated with ETV4 and LOXL2, respectively (Fig.6g). Here, LOXL2 is linked to colorectal carcinoma.