While, high LINC00857 expression was observed in 29 of the 33 cell lines tested, it was not expressed in 3 non-adherent lung cancer cell lines including 2 small cell lung cancers (H82 and H526) and one NSCLC derived from a metastatic lymph node (H1155) showed no expression. Here, LINC00857 is linked to non-small cell lung carcinoma.