Comprehensive analysis of transcriptome data stemness indices identifies key genes for controlling cancer stem cell characteristics in gastric cancer

Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China; Department of Oncology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhuzhou, China; Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhuzhou, China Contributions: (I) Conception and design: Y Li; (II) Administrative support: None; (III) Provision of study materials or patients: None; (IV) Collection and assembly of data: X Xia; (V) Data analysis and interpretation: All authors; (VI) Manuscript writing: All authors; (VII) Final approval of manuscript: All authors. Correspondence to: Yuejun Li. Department of Oncology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhuzhou, China; Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhuzhou, China. Email: liyuejun97@foxmail.com.