Table 3. The 82 linker genes with their ranking scores.

Gene names	RS	Gene names	RS	Gene names	RS
KRT19	1.6	PTGES2	0.4	BCL7C	0.2
BARD1	1.6	PREX2	0.4	ZNF18	0.2
MST1R	1.5	USP1	0.4	PGLS	0.2
S100A14	1.2	EHF	0.4	CNTN4	0.2
LGALS1	1.2	ADM	0.4	BACH1	0.2
RNF168	1.1	GRM4	0.4	ZFPL1	0.2
TFF1	1	SHFM1	0.4	MAGED2	0.1
SPEN	1	EMP3	0.4	TMEM43	0.1
WDR18	0.9	PTGES	0.3	GALNT5	0.1
RRAS	0.9	TRAF1	0.3	HMX1	0.1
PLEK2	0.8	NAMPT	0.3	RASSF6	0.1
CD248	0.8	BCL2L12	0.3	PFN1	0.1
RHBDL2	0.8	MAML1	0.3	SLC16A7	0.1
CAPN5	0.7	USP24	0.3	ZBTB40	0.1
S100A16	0.7	AMHR2	0.3	MAGED4	0.1
CDC6	0.6	PSMG3	0.3	PIF1	0.1
ENDOG	0.6	NFE2L2	0.3	MBTPS1	0.1
GNG2	0.6	RAPH1	0.3	HDAC4	0.1
CLDN18	0.6	TSHZ2	0.2	VASN	0.1
RNF169	0.5	RNF146	0.2	PSME3	0.1
NR3C1	0.5	NFIL3	0.2	AMN	0.1
TMC8	0.5	SPINK1	0.2	ERCC1	0.1
AKT1S1	0.5	OSTM1	0.2	BRD9	0.1
KLK10	0.5	ESRRG	0.2	B4GALNT1	0.1
SLC2A1	0.5	XRCC3	0.2	PLEKHG5	0.1
ANTXR1	0.4	SLC4A7	0.2	ARHGAP33	0.1
CHSY1	0.4	DPH1	0.2	CYP24A1	0.1
ELAC1	0.4

RS, ranking score.