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The key enriched pathways were PI3K-Akt signaling pathway and MAPK signaling pathway, etc. The GO analysis yielded 1,677 GO entries (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.01), such as hormone stimulation, inflammatory response, etc. The top 20 core genes included AKT1, EGFR, IGF1, MAPK1, MAPK10, MAPK14, etc. The result of molecular docking demonstrated that MLIF had the strong binding capability to JNK (MAPK10). 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