Lin et al. demonstrated that LINK-A promotes normoxic hypoxia inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) signaling activation in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) by recruiting BRK to the EGFR:GPNMB complex and thus to activate BRK (Lin et al., 2016b). This evidence concerns the gene LINC01139 and triple-negative breast carcinoma.