Ad iv., for the interplay between NEAT1 with miR‐139‐5p, authors proved TGF‐β1—commonly upregulated in several cancer types regulating cancer progression and metastasis (Bierie and Moses, 2006)—being a downstream target of this miRNA which is upregulated by NEAT1‐induced sponging of miR‐139‐5p leading to promoted HCC proliferation and invasion (Tu et al., 2018). This evidence concerns the gene TGFB1 and cancer.