These results suggest that miRNA-141-3p plays a key role in ZEB1-AS1-induced EMT and based on the above results, it may come to the conclusion that suggested that ZEB1-AS1 moderates TGF-β1-induced EMT through regulation of ZEB1 via miR-141-3p sponging in IPF. Here, TGFB1 is linked to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.