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). This evidence concerns the gene OTOAP1 and renal cell carcinoma.