LncRNA DEAD/H box protein 11 antisense RNA 1 (DDX11-AS1) directly binds to tumor-suppressive miR-195-5p, thus allowing MACC1, a key regulator of the hepatocyte growth factor-HGF receptor (HGFR) pathway, to be overexpressed in HCC. This evidence concerns the gene HGF and hepatocellular carcinoma.