To verify whether KCNQ1OT1 could act as a ceRNA by competitively binding miRNAs in NSCLC, we predicted that KCNQ1OT1 had putative binding sites with miR-129-5p by LncBase Predicted v.2 (Fig. 3a). This evidence concerns the gene KCNQ1OT1 and non-small cell lung carcinoma.