miR‐124 regulates proliferation and apoptosis via NF‐κB—known to be activated during NPC progression (Sun et al., 2012)—or more precisely, upregulation of NEAT1 results in reduced miR‐124 expression leading to increased NF‐κB signaling in NPC (Cheng and Guo, 2017). This evidence concerns the gene NEAT1 and nasopharyngeal carcinoma.