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A total of 6,463 genes were found to be aberrantly expressed between cystic CC and fusiform CC. Twelve co-expression modules that correlated with clinical subtypes of CC were identified and assigned representative colors. Among the 12 modules, the blue module was considered the key module. Two functionally distinct sets of dysregulated genes have been identified in two major subtypes, metabolism-related genes in cystic CC and immune-related genes in fusiform CC. A total of 20 candidate hub genes that were correlated with clinical subtypes were found in the blue module. In addition, we found ERBB2 and WNT11 that have not been studied in CC and verified their differential expression in CC through quantitative real-time PCR experiments. For the first time, we have described the transcriptome characteristics of CC. These results suggest that cystic CC and fusiform CC have different molecular mechanisms. 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