UCA1 and hepatocellular carcinoma: Among these 26 lncRNAs, MCM3AP-AS1, UCA1, AKR7L, C3P1, AKR1C6P, LINC01018, and A1BG-AS1 have been reported in lymphatic metastasis and invasion and are diagnostic biomarkers for HCC (Praml, Savelyeva & Schwab, 2003; Wang et al., 2006; Zhang, Luo & Zhang, 2019; Zhao et al., 2019a; Zhao et al., 2019b; Zhao et al., 2019c; Zheng et al., 2015).