FOXJ1 expression was upregulated and reversely correlated with miR-6852 expression levels in GC tissues. (A) The expression of FOXJ1 in GC tissues and adjacent normal tissues was indicated. (B) RT-qPCR analysis was used to determine the expression patterns of FOXJ1 in GC cell lines. (C) RT-qPCR analysis indicated that there was an inverse correlation between miR-6852 and FOXJ1 expression levels in GC tissues. All data were presented as the mean ± standard deviation of three independent experiments. *P<0.05, **P<0.01 and ***P<0.001 vs. control group. GC, gastric cancer; FOXJ1, forkhead box J1; RT-qPCR, reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction; miR-6852, microRNA-6852.