On the one hand, it was shown to act as a competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) for the miRNAs miR-186 [43] and miR-199a-5p [42] in gastric cancer and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cells, respectively, thereby preventing them from miRNA-mediated HIF-1α mRNA degradation. This evidence concerns the gene HIF1A and non-small cell lung carcinoma.