In addition, Zinc finger E‐box binding homeobox 1 (ZEB1) has been demonstrated to interact with lncRNAs to regulate their transcription and affect pancreatic cancer migration, invasion and epithelial‐mesenchymal transition,16 suggesting that ZEB1 may be involved in the cell apoptotic pathway initiated by LINC00472. Here, ZEB1 is linked to familial pancreatic carcinoma.