LINC00994 can sponge miR-765-3p expression in GC cell. A. miR-765-3p was downregulated in GC cells (AGS, SGC-7901, MGC8-03, and HGC-27) compare with GES-1. B. miR-765-3p expression was upregulated both in the SGC-7901 cells after transfection with miR-765-3p mimic. C. Seeking from starBase (http://starbase.sysu.edu.cn/index.php), miR-765-3p harbored binding sites with LINC00994. D. Ectopic miR-765-3p expression suppressed wild type LINC00994 luciferase activity, but not mutant LINC00994 in SGC-7901 cells. E. Elevated expression of LINC00994 inhibited the miR-765-3p expression in SGC-7901 cells. **P<0.01.