The lncRNA HNF1A‐AS1 (NR_024345) was firstly found as a strongly over‐expressed non‐coding transcripts (2455 bases in humans) in oesophageal adenocarcinoma, and implicated in various of malignant biological behaviors of oesophageal adenocarcinoma cells 19. Here, HNF1A is linked to esophageal adenocarcinoma.