LncRNA activated by TGF‐β (ATB) was first identified in liver cancer.107 Many studies showed that ATB promoted malignancy in many kinds of cancers, including breast cancer, glioma and colon cancer.108, 109, 110 Recently, Wei et al demonstrated that ATB expression was significantly increased in NSCLC tissues and cell lines, compared with normal controls.111 Knockdown of ATB in NSCLC cell lines inhibited the metastasis of lung cancer cells. This evidence concerns the gene TGFB1 and lung cancer.