DLX6 and neoplasm: Tumor xenograft in NOD-SCID mice showed that tumors in the oeLncRNA DLX6-AS1 group appeared earlier, grew faster, and exhibited a larger volume, while the tumors in the shLncRNA DLX6-AS1 group showed the opposite results when compared to the blank and NC groups (all p < 0.05) (Fig. 3b-d).