Similarly, the overexpressed PTENP1, sequestering miR-17, miR-19b, and miR-20a, upregulated PTEN, PHLPP, and such autophagy genes as ATG7, ULK1, and p62, which in turn repressed the tumorigenic properties of HCC cells [10]. The gene discussed is ULK1; the disease is hepatocellular carcinoma.