MALAT1 and hepatocellular carcinoma: Metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 (MALAT1), acting as a regulator of transcription for many genes, including some involved in the cell cycle, cell migration, and metastasis, is overexpressed in cancerous tissues and is associated with the proliferation and metastasis of malignant cells, such as in lung cancer [6] and HCC [7,8] cells.