Of note, the dysregulation of lncRNAs was associated with the tumor formation and progression in many human malignancies including NPC, such as linc00669 promotes nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell proliferation and invasion via competitively combining to the suppressor of cytokine signaling (SOCS1) (Qing et al., 2020). The gene discussed is SOCS1; the disease is nasopharyngeal carcinoma.