In HCC, HNF1A-AS1 functioned as an oncogene in tumor growth and apoptosis through sponging tumor-suppressive miR-30b-5p and de-repressing Bcl-2 and HNF1A-AS1-miR-30b axis significantly promoted autophagy under starvation [77]. This evidence concerns the gene HNF1A and hepatocellular carcinoma.