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Table 4 Correlation between E74-like ETS transcription factor 3 and related gene markers of immune cells in GEPIA

Description	Gene markers	Tumor correlation coefficient	P value	Normal	P value
CD8+ T cell	CD8A	-0.170		0.230	0.1700
	CD8B	-0.140	0.0055	0.180	0.2900
T Cell	CD3D	-0.220		0.230	0.1800
	CD3E	-0.160		0.290	0.0820
	CD2	-0.180		0.290	0.0870
B Cell	CD19	-0.210		0.210	0.2200
	CD79A	-0.250		0.380	0.0230
Monocyte	CD86	-0.180		0.220	0.1900
TAM	CCL2	-0.310		-0.530	0.0010
	CD68	0.170		0.650
	IL10	-0.170		0.045	0.7900
M1 macrophage	IRF5	0.048	0.3300	0.650
M2 macrophage	CD163	-0.200		-0.470	0.0041
	VSIG4	-0.160	0.0016	-0.270	0.1200
	MS4A4A	-0.180		-0.480	0.0028
Neutrophils	CCR7	-0.240		0.450	0.0058
NK cell	KIR2DL1	-0.067	0.1800	-0.094	0.5800
	KIR2DL3	-0.048	0.3400	0.098	0.5700
	KIR2DL4	0.170	0.7300	0.550
	KIR3DL1	-0.110	0.0250	-0.002	0.9900
	KIR3DL2	-0.052	0.3000	0.210	0.2100
	KIR3DL3	0.160	0.0011	0.140	0.4300
	KIR2DS4	-0.001	0.9900	0.120	0.4900
DC	HLA-DPB1	-0.110	0.0230	0.170	0.3300
	HLA-DQB1	-0.077	0.1200	0.110	0.5200
	HLA-DRA	-0.075	0.1300	0.240	0.1700
	HLA-DPA1	-0.075	0.1300	0.150	0.3900
Th1 cell	STAT4	-0.220		0.097	0.5800
	STAT1	0.120	0.0160	0.110	0.5100
Th2 cell	GATA3	-0.290		0.420	0.0120
	STAT6	0.320		0.110	0.5400
	STAT5A	0.047	0.3400	-0.300	0.0770
	IL13	-0.070	0.1600	-0.450	0.0065
Th17 cell	STAT3	0.130	0.0068	-0.034	0.8400
	IL17A	0.130	0.0100	0.370	0.0290
Treg	FOXP3	-0.052	0.2900	0.450	0.0060
	CCR8	-0.047	0.3500	0.550
	STAT5B	-0.046	0.3600	-0.390	0.0180
T-cell exhaustion	CTLA4	-0.130	0.0100	0.340	0.0420
	LAG3	-0.130	0.0085	-0.058	0.7300
	GZMB	-0.056	0.2600	0.290	0.0900

TAM: Tumor-associated macrophage; NK: Natural killer; DC: Dendritic cells; Th: T helper; Treg: Regulatory T cells.