HAGLR and cancer: Overexpression of HOXD-AS1 significantly augmented the metastatic potential of HCC cancer cells by more than 2-fold (Fig. 2a-c; Additional file 1: Figure S2b), while silencing of HOXD-AS1 strongly inhibited their metastatic potential (Fig. 2a-c; Additional file 1: Figure S2c and d).