We monitored the protein and RNA levels of TGFBR1 following AK002107 knockdown and miR‐140‐5p inhibition to confirm that lncRNA AK002107 and miR‐140‐5p coordinately regulate the TGFBR1/EMT pathway in HCC cell lines. Here, TGFBR1 is linked to hepatocellular carcinoma.