GAS5 and colorectal carcinoma: Gas5 mRNA expression in CRC cell lines (HCT-8, HT-29, HCT-116, SW-480) was 1.11 ± 0.16, 0.83 ± 0.14, 1.31 ± 0.14 and 1.38 ± 0.15, lower compared to the normal colonic epithelial cell line FHC (2.35 ± 0.40) (P < 0.05, Fig. 1b).