In our study, miR-140-3p directly bound to SNHG12 in GC and down-regulated the SNHG12 expression and reduced the binding of SNHG12 and HuR, thus inhibiting HuR translocating from nuclear to the cytoplasm and the binding of HuR and FAM83B, and reducing the transcription of FAM83B, and finally inhibiting the development and metastasis of GC. This evidence concerns the gene SNHG12 and gastric cancer.