PRNCR1 and prostate cancer: Another lncRNA, encoded in 8q24 locus reported to be associated with prostate cancer susceptibility in European and African–American populations, termed PRNCR1 (prostate cancer noncoding RNA 1), was shown to be up-regulated in some of the prostate cancer cells as well as precursor lesion prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (Chung et al., 2011).