A recent study showed that in gastric cancer, knockdown of the lncRNA MALAT1 reduced the expression of VE-cadherin, β-catenin, MMP-2, -9, -14, p-ERK, p-FAK, and p-paxillin and impaired VM formation, suggesting that MALAT1 contributes to angiogenesis and VM 108. The gene discussed is MALAT1; the disease is gastric cancer.