STARD4 and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: STARD4-AS1 was significantly upregulated in HNSC (head and neck squamous cell carcinoma), KIRC (kidney renal clear-cell carcinoma), KIRP (kidney renal papillary cell carcinoma), and STAD (stomach adenocarcinoma), whereas downregulated in thyroid carcinoma (Figure 1a).