Table 2. The association between autophagy related gene and TNM stage.

Gene symbol			TCGA			GSE62254
		TNM
		I–II	III–IV	P	I–II	III–IV	P
ATG14	low	96	80		72	76
	high	71	105	0.00761	54	96	0.02711
ULK3	low	71	100		61	89
	high	96	85	0.03	65	83	0.568
ATG2B	low	95	85		62	86
	high	72	100	0.04032	64	86	0.8923
ATG12	low	96	83		58	91
	high	71	102	0.018	68	81	0.241
ATG4C	low	94	84		65	83
	high	73	101	0.041	61	89	0.57
ATG4D	low	70	100		55	95
	high	97	85	0.022	71	77	0.04822
MAP1LC3A	low	71	105		65	83
	high	96	80	0.0076	61	89	0.57
		T
		T1T2	T3T4	P	T1T2	T3T4	P
WIPI1	low	41	147		101	49
	high	58	121	0.022	87	63	0.0947
ATG9A	low	39	143		80	70
	high	60	125	0.018	108	42	0.00083
ATG2B	low	42	145		95	85
	high	57	123	0.047	93	57	0.092
ATG2A	low	40	141		82	68
	high	59	127	0.038	106	44	0.00417
ATG4D	low	39	141		83	67
	high	60	127	0.025	105	45	0.00864
ATG7	low	40	146		90	60
	high	59	122	0.017	98	52	0.3396
		N
		N0	!N0	P	N0	!N0	P
PIK3R4	low	66	116		18	132
	high	45	130	0.031	20	130	0.728
VMP1	low	65	116		28	122
	high	46	130	0.046	10	140	0.00178
ATG12	low	66	113		16	134
	high	45	133	0.018	22	128	0.2976
ATG4A	low	68	115		26	124
	high	43	131	0.0111	12	138	0.01509
		M
		M0	M1	P	M0	M1	P
ULK4	low	160	19		137	13
	high	170	6	0.008	136	14	0.8401
MAP1LC3B	low	174	7		139	11
	high	156	18	0.0171	134	16	0.3131

Notes.

Significant results are marked in bold.