LINC00174 and lung carcinoma: LINC00174 plays an oncogenic role in several cancers, including colorectal cancer [34, 35], renal clear cell carcinoma [36], hepatocellular carcinoma [37], breast cancer [38], glioma [39–42], osteosarcoma [43], thymic epithelial tumors [44], and lung cancer [45, 46].