In all 26 dysregulated lncRNAs, AW340112 (termed HOXD-AS1) was most upregulated in HCC tissues (fold change >8, Additional file 4: Table S4), it was expressed at a significantly high level in most of HCC tissues according to probe signal calculation (Fig. 1b, Additional file 5: Figure S1). The gene discussed is HAGLR; the disease is hepatocellular carcinoma.