NCR1 and neoplasm: Through these dual mechanisms, <i>LINC02470</i> induced a suppressive epigenotype in the <i>NCR1</i> promoter and suppressed the expression of the <i>NCR1</i> gene.<h4>Discussion</h4>The <i>LINC02470-NCR1</i> axis identified in this study may serve as a novel target to improve therapeutic intervention of NK cells in tumor immunotherapy.