MALAT1 and cancer: To further investigate the relationship between MALAT1 and IAPs in HCC, we conducted a comprehensive search in the public database Starbase and miRcode, and four miRNAs (miR‐22‐3p, miR‐455‐5p, miR‐338‐3p and miR‐101‐3p) were identified to be linked with MALAT1 in cancer.