Tissues of different stages of HCC formation including normal liver, cirrhotic liver, dysplastic liver, and HCC were first analyzed from the GEO database (GSE6764), and we found significantly higher MALAT1 transcripts in HCC tissues than in normal liver, cirrhotic liver, and dysplastic liver tissues (Figure 1A). The gene discussed is MALAT1; the disease is hepatocellular carcinoma.