TABLE 2.

Correlation analysis between candidate hub genes and immune cells in the TIMER2.0 database.

Hub genes	Purity		B cell		CD8+ T cell		CD4+ T cell		Macrophage		Neutrophil		DC
	COR	P	COR	P	COR	P	COR	P	COR	P	COR	P	COR	P
TOP2A	0.186	**	0.410	***	0.150	*	0.247	***	0.372	***	0.239	***	0.531	***
CCNB2	0.151	*	0.433	***	0.124	0.021	0.239	***	0.321	***	0.164	*	0.547	***
PRC1	0.191	**	0.426	***	0.142	*	0.247	***	0.384	***	0.217	***	0.526	***
RACGAP1	0.179	**	0.382	***	0.141	*	0.212	***	0.362	***	0.288	***	0.515	***
AURKA	0.148	*	0.451	***	0.058	0.280	0.157	*	0.262	***	0.096	0.076	0.466	***
CDKN3	0.183	**	0.403	***	0.123	0.022	0.188	**	0.311	***	0.128	0.018	0.449	***
NUSAP1	0.170	*	0.459	***	0.147	*	0.260	***	0.382	***	0.183	**	0.545	***
CDCA5	0.177	**	0.435	***	0.093	0.085	0.250	***	0.339	***	0.131	0.015	0.548	***
ASPM	0.169	*	0.364	***	0.148	*	0.210	***	0.294	***	0.203	**	0.453	***
NCAPG	0.146	*	0.407	***	0.095	0.078	0.203	**	0.314	***	0.177	**	0.509	***

COR, correlation coefficient; DC, dendritic cell; **, p < 0.0001; **, p < 0.001; *, p < 0.01.