The results revealed that, compared to L02 cells, lincFOXF1, NORAD and SBF2-AS1 were lowly expressed in HCC cell lines (HepG2, SK1 and Huh7) (Figure 5A, C and D, P < 0.01), while MALAT1 was the opposite (Figure 5B, P < 0.001). This evidence concerns the gene MALAT1 and hepatocellular carcinoma.