Table 4. Genes whose expression level highly correlate with that of lncRNAs resulting from SAM analyses.

lncRNA	N	MGUS	SMM	MM	PCL	Chr	ALIAS	HIGHLY CORRELATED GENE	Corr. lncRNA- genea
C14orf49-4	↑	↓				14q32	SNHG10	RPL18A (19p13)	0.907
RYR2-5	↓		↑	↑		1q43	RPL35P1	RPL35 (9q33)	0.918
TAMM41-3	↑	↓				3p25	RN7SL147P	OCEL1 (occludin/ELL domain containing 1; 19p13)	0.905
CYorf15A.1-2	↑				↓	Yq11	Taxilin gamma 2, pseudogene	KDM5D (LYSINE-SPECIFIC DEMETHYLASE 5D; Yq11)	0.943
								USP9Y (UBIQUITIN-SPECIFIC PROTEASE 9; Yq11)	0.910
HSFY2-10	↑		↓	↓	↓	Yq11	CD24P4	BPI (BACTERICIDAL PERMEABILITY-INCREASING PROTEIN; 20q11)	0.914
								CEACAM8 (CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN-RELATED CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 8; 19q13)	0.923

Arrows indicate lncRNA expression, upregulation (↑) or downregulation (↓), in the corresponding group. Chromosomal localization (Chr), alias name are indicated.

^aPearson correlation coefficient