Table 2.

List of mRNA negatively correlated with MUC4

Correlated gene	cytoband	Pearson’s correlation	Spearman’s correlation
SLC35B4	7q33	− 0.30	− 0.32
IFFO1	12p13.3	− 0.30	− 0.36
TTC28	22q12.1	− 0.31	− 0.33
VKORC1	16p11.2	− 0.31	− 0.35
DIXDC1	11q23.1	− 0.31	− 0.31
ATP8B2	1q21.3	− 0.32	− 0.33
ST3GAL2	16q22.1	− 0.32	− 0.31
ZEB1	10p11.2	− 0.33	− 0.35
MTFR1L	1p36.11	− 0.34	− 0.35

Data were retrieved from 881 samples of Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia (Novartis/Broad, Nature 2012). Correlation analysis was performed using cBioPortal.org online tool. 9 genes presented a Pearson’s correlation lower than − 0.3