MALAT1 and central nervous system cancer: As NEAT2 (nuclear-enriched abundant transcript 2), also known as MALAT1 (metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1), is a highly conserved lncRNA associated with the metastatic potential of tumor cells, Han et al. (2016a) found that the knockdown of NEAT2 by RNA interference could promote the invasion and proliferation of glioma cells.