Additionally, a recent study revealed lncRNA-hPVT1 (human plasmacytoma variant translocation 1), the human ortholog of lncRNA-mPVT1 (mouse plasmacytoma variant translocation 1) that was a fetal liver-specific lncRNAs identified by microarray analysis, is significantly up-regulated in HCC tissues and high hPVT1 expression is associated with poor prognosis in HCC patients [49]. Here, PVT1 is linked to hepatocellular carcinoma.