Lnc-TOMM7-1 may participate in IL6 transcriptional regulation and therefore may have a pathogenic role, given the potential function of IL6 as an autocrine growth factor in CLL.40 The lncRNAs classifier also included lnc-SNX29P2-3 and lnc-SEL1L3-6 which were upregulated in CLL samples. Here, SNX29P2 is linked to B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia.