Fig. 2: Clinical associations of the master regulatory lncRNAs.

Boxplots show significant differential expression of MIR200CHG (a), AC104083.1 (b), and LINC00578 (c) between the MSS/EMT subtype and the non-MSS/EMT subtypes in the TCGA cohort (n = 54 samples for MSS/EMT, n = 43 samples for MSS/TP53-, n = 44 samples for MSS/TP53+, n = 38 samples for MSI). P-values were based on two-sided Wilcoxon rank-sum tests. Boxplots show significant associations between the expression of MIR200CHG (d), AC104083.1 (e), and LINC00578 (f) with tumor (T) stage (n = 8 samples for T1, n = 35 samples for T2, n = 94 samples for T3, n = 41 samples for T4). P-values were based on One-way ANOVA. g The univariate Cox regression analysis of lncRNAs and typical clinical factors in the TCGA cohort (n = 177 samples, Wald tests, **(MIR200CHG) P = 0.0031, ***(Stage) P = 0.00036, ***(M stage) P = 0.00012). h Patients with lower MIR200CHG expression had significantly worse overall survival (n = 177 samples, log-rank test). Boxes in all box-plots extend from the 25th to the 75th percentile and the lines indicate the median. The whiskers are drawn to the 5th and the 95th percentile.