Hu et al. have demonstrated that lncRNA MALAT1 acts as a ceRNA for miR-23b-3p and attenuates the inhibitory effects of miR-23b-3p on ATG12 expression, thus inducing autophagy-mediated resistance of gastric cancer cells to DDP and vincristine (VCR) in vitro and in vivo [122]. The gene discussed is MALAT1; the disease is gastric cancer.