We aimed to investigate by means of RT‐qPCR, the expression of DNAH17‐AS1, LINC00706, SLC25A5‐AS1, CADM3‐AS1 and MIR7‐3HG in NFPA samples compared to that in healthy tissues adjacent to the tumours. This evidence concerns the gene DNAH17 and non-functioning pituitary adenoma.