For instance, Gao et al. comprehensively investigated TCGA data to find HOXC13-AS was highly expressed in HNSCC, and further confirmed knockdown of HOXC13-AS impaired proliferation, migration and invasion of nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell via targeting miR-383-3p/HMGA2 axis35. Here, HOXC13 is linked to head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.