SOX9 and hepatocellular carcinoma: Similarly, miR-424-5p sponged by LncRNA HCG18, miR-361-3p sponged by lncRNA PVT1 and miR-296-5p sponged by lncRNA PRR34-AS1 promote SOX9 expression in cholangiocarcinoma [71], NSCLC [72] and HCC [73] respectively.