Table 3. Correlation analysis between FGL2 and markers of monocyte and different phenotypes macrophages in GEPIA.

Description	Gene markers	ESCA
		Tumor		Normal
		R	P	R	P
Monocyte	CD86	0.68	***	0.65	0.017
	CD115 (CSF1R)	0.77	***	0.58	0.043
	CD14	0.54	***	0.74	*
TAM	CD68	0.3	***	0.42	0.15
	IL10	0.53	***	0.82	**
	CCL2	0.58	***	0.82	*
M1 Macrophage	IRF5	0.029	0.7	0.33	0.27
	INOS (NOS2)	-0.066	0.38	0.42	0.16
	COX2 (PTGS2)	0.16	0.028	0.75	*
M2 Macrophage	CD163	0.63	***	0.87	**
	VSIG4	0.64	***	0.8	*
	MS4A6A	0.72	***	0.81	*

Tumour, correlation analysis in tumour tissue of TCGA; Normal, correlation analysis in normal tissue of TCGA. * P < 0.01; ** P < 0.001; *** P < 0.0001.