TMPO and neoplasm: In this study, miR-1270 inhibitors abolished si-TMPO-AS1’s effect on suppressing the tumor cell proliferation, invasion, and glycolysis, while knockdown of PKM2 further reversed miR-1270 inhibitors effect on the TMPO-AS1 knockdown, indicating that TMPO-AS1 regulated tumor cell malignancy and glucose metabolism through miR-1270/PKM2 axis.