Results from a luciferase assay showed that the luciferase activity of IL‐24 3′‐UTR (wild‐type) in HCC cells was suppressed by miR‐203a‐3p.1, but was not changed for the mutated IL‐24 3′‐UTR (Fig. 1E). This evidence concerns the gene IL24 and hepatocellular carcinoma.