“…Retinoid acid receptors (RARs) are a class of receptor proteins that exist in the nucleus of tissue cells and function by regulating transcription factor-speci c target genes, which are not only involved in cell differentiation and growth and development, but also closely related to differentiation functions [5,6] .There are two known classes of retinoid intranuclear receptors, RARs and retinoid x receptors (RXRs), each with α, β, and γ subtypes, respectively [7,8] . It has been demonstrated that abnormal expression of retinoid acid receptor B (RAR-β) in cells is closely related to tumorigenesis.RARB is highly expressed in normal epithelial cells, and its expression is reduced or absent in a large number of tumor cells, such as breast, lung, esophageal, thyroid, prostate, bladder, endometrial, and cervical cancers [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] . Therefore, as a major inducible isoform in retinoic acid, RARB has become a hotspot of research, but the expression, biological function and in uence pathway of RARB in gastric cancer have not been studied in more depth.…”