MALAT1 and liver cancer: The wound diameter was 0.56 mm, 0.55 mm, 0.53 mm, 0.59 mm in control, HULC, MALAT1, HULC plus MALAT1 overexpressed liver cancer stem cells at 0 hours respectively (t-test, P < 0.01), as well as the wound diameter was 0.33 mm, 0.16 mm, 0.17 mm, 0 mm in control, HULC, MALAT1, HULC plus MALAT1 overexpressed liver cancer stem cells at 24 hours respectively (t-test, P < 0.01) (Fig. 2f).