Figure 1.

LINC00473 was overexpressed in colorectal cancer tissues. A. The expression level of LINC00473 in colorectal cancer tissues and adjacent colon samples was analyzed by qRT-PCR. B. LINC00473 was overexpressed in 31 colorectal cancer patients (31/40, 77.5%) compared to adjacent tissues. C. The expression of LINC00473 in colorectal cancer tissues from patients with distant metastasis was higher than that from cases without distant metastasis. D. The higher expression level of LINC00473 was positively correlated with advanced clinical stage. **P<0.01 and ***P<0.001.