“…Notably, in a majority of gastrointestinal tumors such as hepatocellular carcinoma, colorectal carcinoma, intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, and pancreatic carcinoma, p62 has been found to exert pro-oncogenic effects [ [2] , [3] , [4] , [5] , [6] , [7] ]. Elevated p62 expression can expedite the progression of various tumors, including hepatocellular carcinoma, colorectal carcinoma, and pancreatic carcinoma, through pathways such as p62-Keap 1-Nrf2, MEK/ERK signaling, NF-κB, among others [ [8] , [9] , [10] ]. Currently, existing research suggests elevated p62 expression in Gastric cancer (GC) tissues, potentially implicating its involvement in GC development.…”