Luciferase reporter assay with transfection of miR-924 and SLC1A5 3′UTR vector resulted in about 50% decrease of luciferase activity. Circ_0000463 is overexpressed in NSCLC and sponges miR-924 to prevent binding to SLC1A5. The gene discussed is SLC1A5; the disease is non-small cell lung carcinoma.