The lncRNAs reported to be upregulated in HCC include lncRNA-ATB, HULC, GIHCG, AWPPH, GPC3-AS1, CASC9, MCM3AP-AS1, and BZRAP1-AS1 (Yuan et al., 2014; Sui et al., 2016; Zhu et al., 2016; Zhao et al., 2017; Klingenberg et al., 2018; Xin et al., 2018; Wang W. et al., 2019; Wang Y. et al., 2019). Here, CASC9 is linked to hepatocellular carcinoma.