In addition to ANRIL, an SNP affecting the lncRNA MIAT (myocardial infarction associated transcript) was found to be significantly associated with the development of myocardial infarction.61,62 However, unlike other lncRNAs, MIAT does not appear to be associated with chromatin, but is considered to be a competitive endogenous RNA (ceRNA), often termed “sponge” lncRNAs. This evidence concerns the gene CDKN2B-AS1 and myocardial infarction.