In ccRCC, lncRNA SNHG1 modulates immune escape by targeting miR-129-3p to activate STAT3 and PD-L1 (Tian et al., 2021), and LINC00641 facilitates ccRCC progression by sponging miR-340-5p (Zhang et al., 2021). Here, STAT3 is linked to nonpapillary renal cell carcinoma.