MILIP and cancer: Through interrogating the ccRCC dataset (GSE22541) included in the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) repository, we found that the lncRNA MILIP, which is upregulated and drives tumorigenesis in diverse cancer types, was expressed at higher levels in ccRCC tissues derived from metastatic lesions compared with those from primary tumors (Fig. 1a) [19, 26].