STAT1 and cancer: The expression level of six differentially expressed mRNAs (CUL2, HIF1A, RET, JAK1, STAT1, and BCL2) in the cancer pathway and two of their nearby lncRNA pairs (RP11-124O11.2 and lincRNA-TMEM30B-1) was verified by real-time quantitative RT-PCR (qRT-PCR).