The ceRNA network data demonstrated important lncRNAs including MIR17HG, H19, SNHG1, KCNQ1OT1, MALAT1, GAS5, SNHG20, OR2A1-AS1, and MAGI2-AS3, which have implied in the development of COAD (Fig. 7). Here, MIR17HG is linked to colon adenocarcinoma.