According to the quantiles of lncRNA TUG1 expression in Ph− ALL patients, these patients were divided into four tiers: tier 1 (ranked in 0%~25%), tier 2 (ranked in 25%~50%), tier 3 (ranked in 50%~75%), and tier 4 (ranked in 75%~100%). This evidence concerns the gene TUG1 and acute lymphoblastic leukemia.