As PABPN1 expression levels vary considerably across human tissues, appearing exceptionally weak in skeletal and cardiac muscle cells [75], it will therefore be interesting to determine whether misregulation of PABPN1–sensitive lncRNAs contribute to the development of oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy, which is caused by mutation in the PABPN1 gene. This evidence concerns the gene PABPN1 and oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy.