MALAT1 acts as a competitive endogenous RNA (ceRNA) to regulate ZEB1 expression by sponging miR-143-3p, whereas miR-143-3p inhibitor partially impaired the effect of MALAT1 on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells, and the inhibition of MALAT1 also might inhabit proliferation and invasion of HCC cells [14]. Here, ZEB1 is linked to hepatocellular carcinoma.