LncBRM was highly expressed in HCC primary tumour tissues through northern blotting (Fig. 1b) and it was also highly transcribed in advanced HCC samples through quantitative reverse transcriptase–PCR (RT–qPCR; Fig. 1c), further validated by in situ hybridization (Fig. 1d). The gene discussed is LNCBRM; the disease is hepatocellular carcinoma.