Previous studies have shown that the abnormal expression of many LncRNAs, such as LOC653786, ROR, GIHCG and PVT1 are correlated with the occurrence and development of RCC (Bao et al., 2017; Yang et al., 2018; D'Aniello et al., 2018; Ren et al., 2019; Shi et al., 2019). The gene discussed is GIHCG; the disease is renal cell carcinoma.