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Common differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified using the limma R package. Biological functions were analyzed via Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathways with the Cluster Profiler package. LASSO regression and Random Forest algorithms were used to identify hub genes associated with GC-related MN. The area under the curve (AUC) of ROC analysis validated these genes for their diagnostic potential. Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) and immune cell infiltration analysis were conducted, with hub genes validated through immunohistochemistry on renal and gastric cancer tissues.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>We identified 40 common DEGs between GC and MN datasets. Using protein-protein interaction networks, 20 significant hub genes were selected, primarily involved in inflammatory and immune response regulation. Key hub genes identified were <jats:italic>CCND1<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>CEBPD<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>COL10A1<\/jats:italic>, and <jats:italic>BMP2<\/jats:italic>, which demonstrated high accuracy in discriminating MN. 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