It was also shown that NORAD (also known as LINC00657 or LOC647979), a cytoplasmic long noncoding RNA, indirectly interacts between importin β1 and SMAD3 in NSCLC, and is widely considered as a regulator of TGF-β signaling [10]. This evidence concerns the gene TGFB1 and non-small cell lung carcinoma.