Table 3.

Correlation analysis between GHRL and related genes and markers of immune cells in Gene Expression Profiling Interaction Analysis (GEPIA).

Description	Gene markers	STAD
		Tumor		Normal
		R	p	R	p
Monocyte	CD86	0.170	**	0.640	***
	CD115 (CSF1R)	0.250	***	0.420	0.012
TAM	CCL2	0.120	0.015	-0.051	0.770
	CD68	0.110	0.031	0.370	0.028
	IL10	0.180	**	0.530	**
M1 Macrophage	INOS(NOS2)	0.023	0.640	0.250	0.140
	IRF5	0.190	***	0.071	0.680
	COX2(PTGS2)	0.050	0.320	-0.170	0.310
M2 Macrophage	CD163	0.033	0.510	-0.250	0.140
	VSIG4	0.053	0.280	0.050	0.770
	MS4A4A	0.150	*	0.094	0.590
T cell exhaustion	PD-1(PDCD1)	0.170	**	0.740	***
	PDL1	-0.009	0.850	0.080	0.640
	CTLA4	0.100	0.038	0.680	***
	LAG3	0.120	0.013	0.650	***
	TIM-3(HAVCR2)	0.160	*	0.530	**
	GZMB	−0.016	0.750	0.690	***

STAD, stomach adenocarcinoma; TAM, tumor-associated macrophage; R, R-value of Spearman’s correlation.

*p < 0.01; **p < 0.001; ***p < 0.0001.