Long noncoding RNA expression in TGF-β2-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition has been identified [41] and investigators have reviewed the important role for lncRNA in hepatitis B virus-induced liver cancer [42], but few studies exist to describe changes in lncRNA in sub-lethally heat-treated HCC cells that recover after treatment. Here, TGFB2 is linked to hepatocellular carcinoma.