Fig. 1

TUG1 and TRIB2 were upregulated in CRC tissues. a, b The expression levels of TUG1 and TRIB2 in normal tissues and tumor tissues were detected by qRT-PCR. And the specificity of amplification of each primer pair was verified by agarose gel visualization. c The protein level of TRIB2 in normal tissues and tumor tissues was checked by western blot. d The correlation between TUG1 and TRIB2 in tumor tissues was determined using Pearson’s correlation coefficient. *P < 0.05