A total of 26 lncRNAs (11 downregulated, UCA1; C15orf2; LOC728606; TCL6; LOC554202; TERC; TRPM3; ASFMR1; RMST; SEMA3G and CASC2, and 15 upregulated, PVT1; PTHLH; PSORS1C3; HAR1B; DGCR5; MIR155HG; XIST; MIAT; HAR1A; SNHG4; SNHG3; PRINS; HOTAIR; DLEU2 and MIR17HG; Figure 1, Table S2 of Additional file 2) were differentially expressed in the ccRCC patients. Here, DLEU2 is linked to nonpapillary renal cell carcinoma.