Fig. 1

Differentially expressed autophagy-related genes. Heat map (a) and volcano map (b) show differentially expressed genes between colon tumor and normal tissues, with red dots representing significantly upregulated genes, green dots representing significantly downregulated genes, and black dots representing no differences gene. c Expression patterns of 36 autophagy-related genes (ARGs) in colon cancer types and paired non-tumor samples. Each red box plot represents a different tumor sample and green represents a non-tumor sample