SNHG7 and neoplasm: Recent studies have shown a significant increase in its expression in tumor cells of digestive system, breast, and prostate (Wu F. et al., 2020; Wu X. et al., 2020), and further studies have demonstrated that SNHG7 is widely involved in the proliferation, invasion and migration of various tumor cells (Xia et al., 2020), including its regulation in the progression of HCC and liver fibrosis (Cui et al., 2017).