Ultimately, 8 lncRNAs (SLC25A30-AS1, HPN-AS1, LINC00607, USP2-AS1, HCG20, LINC00638, MKLN1-AS and LINC00652) were confirmed as hub DElncRNAs in HCC with prognostic signatures by multivariate Cox analysis (Figure 1D and Table 1). This evidence concerns the gene USP2 and hepatocellular carcinoma.